How can I make a script start other scripts? Topic is solved

[LAPIII]

My idea is to put a launching script into my AutoHotkey start up folder. I need to know where that is located, and I will store my other scripts in C:\Users\LPIII\Documents\AutoHotkey.

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How can I make a script start other scripts?

You can run other scripts from your script using the Run command.

My idea is to put a launching script into my AutoHotkey start up folder. I need to know where that is located...

I don't know what you mean by your "AutoHotkey start up folder." To start scripts automatically upon Windows startup, put a shortcut to your script in the Windows Startup folder. It's not a good practice to put the actual script file in that folder instead of a shortcut to the file. To create a shortcut, right-click on your script file in File Explorer and select "Create shortcut."

...and I will store my other scripts in C:\Users\LPIII\Documents\AutoHotkey.

Use the full path to those scripts when you use the Run command in your main script. Or, if your main script is located in the same directory as those other scripts (which can be the case since you are only putting a shortcut to the script in the Startup directory), then you don't need a path at all unless your script changes the default working directory.

[LAPIII]

Is the following correct:

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#IfWinActive, ahk_exe AM4.exe
Run C:\Users\LPIII\Desktop\WSS.ahk

For adding scripts to the Run command, is there an alternative to &&?

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Is the following correct:

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#IfWinActive, ahk_exe AM4.exe
Run C:\Users\LPIII\Desktop\WSS.ahk

No, that is not correct. The #IfWinActive directive applies to hotkeys and the like, not to regular commands. What are you trying to accomplish? Do you want it to run that script the first time the AM4.exe becomes active? Or when exactly?

For adding scripts to the Run command, is there an alternative to &&?

Using && is not a valid approach for running multiple programs/scripts. What you saw in the documentation is for running more than one command in a command (%ComSpec%) window that was opened by the Run command, not for running more than one program or script with the Run command. To run more than one script, you just use more than one Run command on separate lines.

For example, instead of this:

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Run notepad.exe && mspaint.exe

...you would do this:

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Run notepad.exe
Run mspaint.exe

[LAPIII]

No, that is not correct. The #IfWinActive directive applies to hotkeys and the like, not to regular commands. What are you trying to accomplish? Do you want it to run that script the first time the AM4.exe becomes active? Or when exactly?

Yes the first time AM4.exe becomes active.

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WinWaitActive, ahk_exe AM4.exe
Run C:\Users\LPIII\Desktop\WSS.ahk