Ctrl+'key' to input a key?

[miatlas91]

Hello all,

I wanted to ask if one could use ctrl+ a number or a letter to type in a letter or key. I tried doing the follows to make Ctrl+2 type out a 1:

^2::1

but it didn't work. I looked thru the limitations section but didn't see ctrl+ combinations as not doable.

Am I just writing it wrong or are ctrl+key combos not workable for inputting single keys?

Thanks in advance!

[TheDewd]

Try using Send.

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^2::
	Send, 1
return

[NovaRanger]

Hello,

yes it doesn't seem to work. Strange, never knew that.
But I found a workaround for you

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^$2::Send, {1}
^$1::Send, {2}
; $ dollar is to ignore artificial strokes, assuming you are going to re map the whole keyboard.

[miatlas91]

Thank you NovaRanger and TheDewd. The solution works great!

There is one small item though which may be slightly off-topic:

I'd like to run the AHK file on startup. However, a couple of issues (using Windows 8.1):

1) The AHK script does not work with some programs apparently (i.e. while running, it will work in notepad, but not in the other program). This is corrected by running the AHK script via the Run as Administrator option.
2) But, I want the AHK script to automatically run as administrator at all times. For regular programs, there is a compatibility tab in their properties which allows users to do this. But with the AHK notepad, for some reason, this option is not there.

In short, I'd like to run the AHK script on startup, as administrator, at all times. Would like to ask if someone else has run into this issue and how they managed to sort it. I've tried looking for a solution, but haven't been successful thus far.

Thanks again!

[NovaRanger]

Well, on my laptop everything has admin access (yes, it's a security issue but I have full control of what runs and what doesn't).
In your computer, go to the installation location of autohotkey, (it'll be in c:/programfiles), there try to change the autohotkey.exe to admin in compatibility mode.