Customize your keyboard, joystick, and mouse with an open source scripting language (AutoHotkey) that is backward compatible with AutoIt v2.

AutoHotkey it includes a quick-start tutorial, an automatic script writer (macro recorder) that records your keystrokes and mouse clicks, and a comprehensive help file.

Automate almost anything: Send keystrokes & mouse clicks; launch programs/documents; work with the clipboard, registry, & soundcard settings.

In addition to its automation features described below, AutoHotkey excels at hotkeys, able to make virtually *any* mouse/joystick button, keyboard key, or combination into a hotkey.

AutoHotkey it can also individually disable or override Windows' own shortcut keys, such as Win+E and Win+R. It may also help alleviate RSI; for example, it can create substitutes for Alt-Tab using keys, mouse wheel, or buttons.

Here are some key features of "AutoHotkey":

· Retrieve or change the volume, mute, and other settings of any soundcard.
· Remap keys and mouse/joystick buttons.
· Send keystrokes and mouse clicks to any window (without even needing to activate it).
· Launch programs, shortcuts, URLs, and documents.
· Activate, hide, close, or resize any window.
· Make a window transparent and/or always-on-top.
· Define magic words that when typed trigger an action.
· Create custom tray icon menus.
· Use a joystick as a mouse.
· Monitor your system at chosen intervals (e.g. close unwanted windows the moment they appear).
· Automate game actions using high-performance hotkeys and commands such as PixelGetColor.
· Retrieve and change the clipboard's contents, even if it contains files copied from the Explorer.
· Copy, move, delete, or change the timestamp/attributes of a collection of files and folders.
· Perform any operation upon a set of files and folders that match a wildcard pattern.
· Read, write, and parse text files more easily than in most other languages.
· Work with the registry and INI files using the included interface commands.
· Display simple tooltips and balloon tips.
· Display dialog boxes to interact with the user.
· Convert any script into an EXE that can be run on any computer.