script to open Screen Sketch on Win10

[Bakr]

Does anyone know an AutoHotKey script that opens Screen sketch directly? i know that the shortcut Win+W opens Windows Ink Workspace but i have to select screen sketch afterward (which is annoying). Any help appreciated.

[boiler]

Have it click on the location to select Screen Sketch after the menu pops up. Just change the coordinates in the script below so it clicks on the right place on your monitor.

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CoordMode, Mouse, Screen
Send, #w
Sleep, 500
Click, 2400, 1040

[gregster]

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run ms-penworkspace://Capture	; Screen Sketch
run ms-penworkspace://Create		; Sketch Pad

[titep]

How could we run it in maximized windows ?

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Run, ms-penworkspace://Capture,, Max, Hwnd

doesn't work; Hwnd gives me a blank value

[vsub]

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Run, ms-penworkspace://Capture
WinwaitActive,Snip & Sketch
WinMaximize,A

[gregster]

Hwnd gives me a blank value

Probably as could be expected:

OutputVarPID
[...] The variable will be made blank if the PID could not be determined, which usually happens if a system verb, document, or shortcut is launched rather than a direct executable file.

On Win10, many built-in tools now run under the ApplicationFrameHost which seems to complicate things.
This here seems to work, if you just have one instance open at a time...

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w::		; press w
run ms-penworkspace://Capture
WinWaitActive Ausschneiden ahk_exe ApplicationFrameHost.exe
WinMaximize Ausschneiden ahk_exe ApplicationFrameHost.exe
return

(Replace Ausschneiden with the start of the wintitle on your system; you can try Window Spy to check it.)
I haven't really done much with the ApplicationFrameHost - perhaps someone has a better, or more reliable, idea.

edit: Oh, too late.

[titep]

@gregster @vsub

Thanks. You two's simple method works like a charm.