Script Runs When NO Mouse Movement

[yabab33299]

Hi, how do I make a script that runs a program or another script when there is no mouse movement after 5 minutes?

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#Persistent
#InstallMouseHook

SetTimer, IdleCheck, 1000
return

IdleCheck:
	if (A_TimeIdleMouse > 300000)
		run notepad.exe
return

[yabab33299]

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#Persistent
#InstallMouseHook

SetTimer, IdleCheck, 1000
return

IdleCheck:
	if (A_TimeIdleMouse > 300000)
		run notepad.exe
return

hi there. can you please explain installmousehook. I dont really get it in the tutorials

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It’s what’s needed for AHK to monitor mouse clicks and stuff, but since it takes a lot of memory, it doesn’t install it unless you have a mouse button as a hotkey or something. In this case, A_TimeIdleMouse won’t actually represent the idle time of the mouse unless the mouse hook is installed.

[yabab33299]

It’s what’s needed for AHK to monitor mouse clicks and stuff, but since it takes a lot of memory, it doesn’t install it unless you have a mouse button as a hotkey or something. In this case, A_TimeIdleMouse won’t actually represent the idle time of the mouse unless the mouse hook is installed.

Also, what does the 1000 mean in "SetTimer, IdleCheck, 1000"?

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It means that it runs that subroutine every 1000 ms, which is 1 second.

In general, it is helpful in learning AHK to look up commands and see what the parameters mean. You can click on SetTimer in the posted script, and it will open that page in the documentation.

[yabab33299]

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#Persistent
#InstallMouseHook

SetTimer, IdleCheck, 1000
return

IdleCheck:
	if (A_TimeIdleMouse > 300000)
		run notepad.exe
return

Your script keeps looping, when the 5 min mark is reached, it keeps popping out many notepad.exe. I had to move the mouse to stop it, but then after the 5 min IDLE, it keeps doing the same thing.

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#Persistent
#InstallMouseHook

SetTimer, IdleCheck, 1000
return

IdleCheck:
	if (A_TimeIdleMouse > 300000) {
		run notepad.exe
		ExitApp
	}
return

[yabab33299]

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#Persistent
#InstallMouseHook

SetTimer, IdleCheck, 1000
return

IdleCheck:
	if (A_TimeIdleMouse > 300000) {
		run notepad.exe
		ExitApp
	}
return

This script exits out. Can you please be so kind to customize the script to be persistent throughout, and the script restarts the countdown to 5 min IDLE when the mouse is moved. Thankyou very much.

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It automatically starts the 5 minute count again when the mouse is moved. What do do you want it to do after it runs the program? Not run it again if it is already open even if another 5 minutes of inactivity occurs? That would be this:

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#Persistent
#InstallMouseHook

SetTimer, IdleCheck, 1000
return

IdleCheck:
	if (A_TimeIdleMouse > 300000) && !WinExist("ahk_exe notepad.exe")
		run notepad.exe
return

[yabab33299]

#InstallMouseHook

Hi, I was wondering is that a way to make an autohotkey script or its compiled version to start when windows boots or when user logs in?

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Right-click on the script file in file explorer and select "Create shortcut" from the menu. Then move or copy that shortcut file (not the original file) into your Windows Startup folder, which should be C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.

[RickC]

Or, if you need your script/program to start earlier in the boot process (for example, to run Process Monitor to watch login events), use 'run as TaskMan'. It's a registry location that runs a value (executable) assigned to a Taskman entry in the context of WINLOGON, i.e. even before Explorer waits for the Service Control Manager to initialise. You need to create the 'Taskman' entry because it's not there by default.

So, if - for arguments sake - I wanted to run WordPad early in the boot process, I could set it using a REG file or AutoHotkey to write the required registry entry/value pair:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"Taskman"="C:\\Windows\\write.exe"