With a decent computer and Internet connection, the download and installation of AutoHotkey should take less than a minute. If you'd like to learn more about the history of the language, I recommend The AutoHotkey Foundation and Our History pages at its website and the Wikipedia AutoHotkey article. AutoHotkey started out as a keyboard shortcuts and mouse clicks/movements capability (hence, 'Hotkey' in the name), but has been enhanced into a robust programming/scripting language.ĪutoHotkey itself has forked several times, with the release at considered by devotees of the language to be the active/primary branch. It is a fork of the popular AutoIt language. As I was about to write another article with an AutoHotkey program and the how-to-download-and-install information, I decided it would be better to publish a more comprehensive write-up on the process, including some background on the language.ĪutoHotkey is a free (in all senses of the word), open source product, published under the GNU GPL (General Public License, Version 2, June 1991). I have also answered many questions with a reference to AutoHotkey as a component of the solution. Each of those articles and videos has brief information describing where to download the product and how to install it. I have published numerous articles and five-minute video Micro Tutorials here at Experts Exchange that present programs/scripts written in a language called AutoHotkey.

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