Ed note: We love AutoHotkey around Lifehacker HQ due to its powerful Windows tweaking skills, so we were thrilled when Reader Scott Rippey wrote in with this extremely smart script for managing your ...

I'm working on a project to replace an existing app (one created long before I started working here) that basically gets a bunch of contract IDs and based on what needs to be done to that contract it ...

Say hello to my little friend. AutoHotkey is a small utility that can accomplish big things. It’s one of the best ways I know to make your PC work exactly the way you want it to. Specifically, ...

Say hello to my little friend, AutoHotkey. This small–and free–utility can accomplish big things. It’s one of the best ways I know to make your PC work exactly the way you want it to. Specifically, ...

Avoid the drudgery of repetitive tasks. AutoHotKey is the most powerful keyboard scripting and automation tool for Windows, and I'll show you how to get started. Anyone who's had to perform the same ...

That said, I’m all about diving in headfirst. Today, I’m going to teach you about “hotstrings,” which are keystrokes inserted whenever you type a designated abbreviation. For example, you type fwiw, ...

We've all been there—trying to do something else while we're supposed to be working for the man. Sure, they are paying us, but can't we get a little break every now and then? There are dozens of "Boss ...

Every second you spend at your screen performing mundane, redundant tasks adds up to hours of your life wasted on avoidable repetition. These AutoHotkey scripts will reclaim that time and transform ...

Unfortunately, text copied from, say, the Web to a blog tool or Word to a Web form often comes with a lot of unwanted formatting. Drives me nuts. [ Automate Common Tasks with AutoHotKey ] AutoHotkey ...