Hotkeys work less well than run

[Guest]

Hi, I'm very new to AHK, and I'm getting some weird issues with a simple script I'm using.
It's intended to toggle on and off a rainmeter skin, and it works fine when the full code looks like this:

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Run, C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.exe !ToggleFade "Note"
ExitApp

If I click Run it will generally always work.

But if I add a hotkey function, and make it look like this:

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#Persistent
^2::
Run, C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Rainmeter.exe !ToggleFade "Note"
ExitApp

It won't work every time I press the hotkey. 50% of the time, nothing happens.

Thanks, Smite

[Exaskryz]

The only think I can think of is you have another ^2:: or a *2:: (See modifiers; * means disregard the actual state of modifiers like ctrl and shift) that is in another script, perhaps as part of a #IfWinActive. This other script may be overriding your Rainmeter Toggling script.

Edit: See the reply below... The Exitapp didn't even come to my attention. I saw the redundant #Persistent though.. Here's a link to the return you should use instead of exitapp, as per tutorial. (Heck, the ExitApp isn't even necessary in your original script because it's not #Persistent.)

[tidbit]

it doesn't work "every time" because you use EXITAPP not RETURN to end the hotkey.
as soon as the thing runs, your script is going to exit.