If Time Since Login

[hemsith14_]

Hey, is it possible to determine time since login like "A_TickCount"?

I want to use it like:

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If (A_TickCount <= 10000); but since login, not since startup
do something

Thanks!

[mikeyww]

If you run a startup script, you can store the tick count in an INI file.

[hemsith14_]

But I want to use it as time since login, not since startup

[mikeyww]

Startup scripts run at login if placed in a startup directory.

[hemsith14_]

Yea, but I want it to do something only if no more than 10 seconds have passed since login.

like:
If (Time since login <= 10000)
do something

[mikeyww]

Store the tick count at login. You can then retrieve it, and compare it to the current count.

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login := A_TickCount
F3::
If (A_TickCount - login < 10000)
     MsgBox, 64, Status, Good
Else MsgBox, 48, Status, Bad
Return

[hemsith14_]

So in this

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login := A_TickCount
F3::
If (A_TickCount - login < 10000)
     MsgBox, 64, Status, Good
Else MsgBox, 48, Status, Bad
Return

The "good" msgbox will appear only if the time that passed since login is less than 10 seconds?

[mikeyww]

Yes, but you need not take my word for it. Give it a go!

[hemsith14_]

It's not working

[mikeyww]

You can display the login tick count and also the tick count upon the hotkey. Post your revised script. What happened when you put a LNK shortcut to the script into your startup directory, and it ran? What should happen instead? Did the script run? If not, then what was the command line in your startup shortcut?