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These freeware utilities are written in the AutoHotkey scripting language. Downloads are available both as pre-compiled .exe files or as .ahk scripts you can customize for your own use.

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PushMonitOff v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Press Shift-F1 to turn the monitor off.

Features:

- Change settings using Settings in the Tray menu.

Thanks to awiltz for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

TheEnd v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Unselect the file type when renaming files in XP.

Features:

- Press F2 to rename a file.
- Or click a filename slowly two times.

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

SmallMeasure v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

A small screen ruler.

Features:
- Move the corners to measure the distance.
- When the mousebutton is down, use the arrow keys for fine grain movement.

Thanks to garbanzo for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

DragLock v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Press the windows key to lock the mouse movement along one axis.

Thanks to tomos for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

White v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Fill the screen with white color to use it as a lightbox.

Thanks to johnnyzero for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

Captain v1.1

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Obtain or change a window's title.

Features:
- Use the middle mousebutton on a window's caption
- Change hotkey using Settings in the tray menu

Thanks
to lanux128 for the idea!

Changes:

- 20080803 - v1.1: Forgot to put the copied text on the Clipboard!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

ShortcutTip v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Prompts for a description when a shortcut is created.

Thanks to Curt for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

MonitOff v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Turns off the monitor at user defined idle times during the day.

Features:
- Change settings using Settings in the Tray menu

Thanks to homemadebyx for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

ClickToDesktop v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Click on the desktop to hide all windows,

Features:
- Or click at the middle part of the top of the screen.
- Click again to unhide.

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

PushToShow v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Completely hides the taskbar until the windows key is pushed.

Thanks to tinjaw for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

CloseToQuit v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Close programs before the system shuts down.

Features:
- Add the process name, class or a part of the caption of the programs you want to close.
- To change settings, choose Settings in the tray menu.

Thanks to Curt for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

DetachVideo v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Detach embedded videos from your tabbed browser and show them in a window of their own.

Features:
- Hold your mouse over a video and press F12.
- To change hotkey, choose Settings in the tray menu .

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

ShortcutFolder v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Creates and collects shortcuts to programs in a folder.

Features:
- Run it or add a folder to the command line.

Thanks to suleika for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

AltEdge v1.1

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Sends Alt-Tab when the mouse is on the left edge of the screen.

Features:
- Keep it there to tab through the other windows.

Changes:
- 20080802 - v1.1: Added option to user other screen edges.

Thanks to philip2005 for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

ReRun v1.1

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Run the startup programs not already running

Changes:
- 20070604 - v1.1: Added better detection of command lines.

Thanks to Kruskal for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

BatteryRun v1.1

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Run commands when the power chord is connected or disconnected

Command line:
  BatteryRun.exe "<connect command>" "<disconnect command>"
Example:
  BatteryRun.exe "ding.wav" "calc.exe"

Changes:
- 20070528 - v1.1: Added detection of WAV and MP3 files.

Thanks to Kruskal for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

PauseProcess v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode305KB

Pause a program and run other programs before and after

Command line:
  PauseProcess.exe "<program to pause>" ["<program to run before>" "<program to run after>"]
Example:
  PauseProcess.exe "Notepad.exe" "Pbrush.exe" "Calc.exe"

Uses PauseP.exe by Daniel Turion at http://www.codeproject.com/threads/pausep.asp

Thanks to justice for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

ScreamerMenu v1.2

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Get easy access to your Screamer Radio stations, schedule recordings and lose the alert dialogs.

Features:
- List all stations in a simple listview.
- Filter by a part of a station name or category.
- Automatically close the connection alert dialog.
- Schedule recordings.

- Automatically record your favorite artists.
- Press Ctrl and the number beside your favorites to change stations.

Changes:
- 20070421 - v0.91: Better integration with Screamer, more listsviews, now closes alert dialogs.
- 20070422 - v0.92: Limit the size to the work area of the screen.
- 20070422 - v0.95: Added scheduling, put on top when Screamer is active.
- 20070427 - v0.96: Added hotkeys for switching beween top 10 favorites.
- 20070427 - v0.97: Added logging to file.
- 20070516 - v0.99: Added ini file, autorecord, options, and more.
- 20070608 - v1.0: Lot of small changes and bugfixes.
- 20070608 - v1.1: Works better with minimized and beta versions of Screamer Radio.
- 20070608 - v1.2: Keeps the correct part of the log file.

Tests:


Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

Barnacle v0.991

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Add toolbars to your favorite programs.

Features:
- A programmable toolbar that fits inside any window!
- Change icons, tooltips, left-, right- and middleclick actions.
- The actions can be keypresses, menu selections, button clicking and window actions.
- To find out more, choose Help in the tray menu.

Changes:
- 20070108 - v0.99: Added support for more image types and embedded icons. Fixed a bug showing the wrong toolbar when hovering over an inactive window.
- 20070221 - v0.991: Now working with menuless windows. Corrected toolbar lengths.

It's an early release, so please post bugs at the forum.

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

DimScreen v1.1

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Dim the whole screen.

Features:
- Change the brightness by selecting a `% in the tray menu.
- Or use the hotkeys Ctrl++ and Ctrl+-.
- Change hotkeys using Settings in the tray menu.
- Doesn't work properly with video windows.


Could be used for nighttime map reading if your laptop is missing dimming controls.

Changes:
- 20080319 - v1.1: Added hotkeys.

Thanks to Farmsteader for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

FastNavKeys v1.1

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Speed up the navigation keys (or any other keys).

Features:
- Change settings using Settings in the tray menu

Beat Windows' keyboard buffer!

Changes:
- 20070110 - v1.1: Optimized the code some.

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

Removable v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Eject removable drives by doubleclicking in a list of drives.

Features:
- Place it on your QuickRun toolbar for easy access.
- Show drive letter, volume label, type, free space, available space, filesystem, status and serial number.
- Doubleclick to eject, retract or disconnect a drive.


Thanks to mysteryman for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

IdleRun v1.2

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Run a program when the CPU is idle.

Features:
- Run a program or show a message
- Change settings using Settings in the tray menu
- Shows CPU usage in the tray

To show when Windows is finished loading, just place a shortcut to it in your startup folder!


Changes:
- 20070112 - v1.0: Added affinity to make it work properly on dual cpu/core systems.
- 20070118 - v1.2: Retrieves the number of processors for correct calculations on multi core systems..

Thanks to DocSavage for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

FindFocus v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Find the focused control.

Features:
- Shows a flashing icon next to the focused control
- Not perfect, but it detects most of them

Very handy for mouseless navigation.

Thanks to pankymcgee for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

LowToSleep v1.6

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Stop a PC from falling asleep until the CPU is inactive.

Features:
- Change settings using Settings in the tray menu
- Shows CPU usage in the tray

Changes:
- 20061226 - v1.0: Corrected a typo in the settings.
- 20070112 - v1.1: Added affinity to make it work properly on dual cpu/core systems.
- 20070118 - v1.3: Retrieves the number of processors for correct calculations on multi core systems.
- 20070119 - v1.5: Cleaned up the code.
- 20070121 - v1.6: Added mouse noise.

Thanks to Carol Haynes for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

UnderCover v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Automatically hide a window's buttons and other controls.

Features:
- Ctrl-Rightclick to hide a control
- Change settings using Settings in the tray menu

Thanks to Uncle John for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

Accents v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Press a key three times or more to apply accents.

Features:

- Change accents using Settings in the tray menu
- Doesn't work properly with shifted keys while CapsLock is on

Changes:
- 20070531 - v1.0: Added accents to non-alphabet characters.

Thanks to supersocialist for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

ShortCutter v1.0

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Make autoupdating collections of shortcuts to certain filetypes.

Features:
- Rightclick the tray icon to configure
- Choose Settings to change rules and options
- Choose Enable to Start or Stop all the rules

Keep folders with shortcuts to all your music, images or whatever!

Changes:
- 20061209 - v1.1: Marks the shortcuts with modification date instead of creation date, removes shortcuts to missing files, updates modification date of all shortcuts.

Thanks to cracksloth for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

MoveOut v1.2

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Make rules to move files automatically.

Features:
- Rightclick the tray icon to configure
- Choose Settings to change rules and options
- Choose Enable to Start or Stop all the rules

Use it to make a rule that moves files from the desktop to a subfolder, based on file type, part of a filename, or whatever. Have it ask to replace existing files, or rename them. It can also ignore files.

Changes:
- 20061224 - v1.1: Added confirmation dialog before automatically running rules.
- 20070407 - v1.2: Added missing code to browse for folders.

Thanks to reko100 for the idea!

Questions or comments? Post them at the DonationCoder Forum!

 

GoneIn60s v1.4

Download programAutoHotkey sourcecode205KB

Recover closed applications.

Features:
- Click the X or press Alt-F4 to close an application
- To recover, rightclick the tray icon and choose an application
- Doubleclick the tray icon to recover all applications
- If not restored, it is gone in 60 seconds

Changes:
- 20061202 - v1.1: Removes the closed apps from the taskbar, adds them to the tray menu. Restores closed apps on exit.
- 20061228 - v1.2: Recovered apps reappear properly.
- 20070615 - v1.3: Added options to change the gone time, kill windows and ignore apps.
- 20081023 - v1.4: Added option to i