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AutoHotkey?

Discussion in 'Tech Support' started by Lhefriel_Medies, Nov 26, 2008.

  1. Lhefriel_Medies

    Lhefriel_Medies Fifth Year

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    So, I've started to try this program out lately. Before, I didn't really see the point, but after testing the waters a bit, I realized how powerful it really was. So I have a script \that I like, and I'm running it consistently, to satisfaction. Now, the problem is, I need to manually start the script up every time my computer reboots. Which defeats a lot of the purpose of running the program to begin with.

    So, I'm wondering if anyone knows a way to have the script run automatically upon startup. Google hasn't been particularly helpful, with the only result I could find fairly ambiguous and completely confusing. Yet, it seems like everyone takes an automatic start for granted whenever I look up documentation on the program. Help, anyone?
     
  2. Sesc

    Sesc Slytherin at Heart Moderator

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    ... er. OS would be helpful. For any usual program under Windows, for example, there's the Autostart-directory. Every program that's in there will be executed when Windows has started; that's the easiest way.

    However, you saying 'script' reminds me more of Linux than Windows, so ... yeah. OS?
     
  3. Lhefriel_Medies

    Lhefriel_Medies Fifth Year

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    Windows, sorry. AutoHotkey is only for Windows, so I guess I kind of left it to be assumed, but I probably shouldn't have put the burden on the people I'm asking for help.

    I'll go see if I can get that to work. Thanks for the advice.
     
  4. World

    World Oberstgruppenführer DLP Supporter Retired Staff

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    You can find the Autostart directory under Start -> Programs -> Autostart. As Sesc said, anything in there will automatically started on boot up. It's the easiest way of handling that.
     
  5. Lhefriel_Medies

    Lhefriel_Medies Fifth Year

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    Worked like a charm, thanks.