Autohotkey-utils gives you some useful utils as shortcuts in Windows.

This script...

• is portable (requires no installation, except for autostart)
• does not ask you for admin permissions (except to add it to autostart)
• allows you to use AutoHotkey hotkeys and hotstrings with no code knowledge and no AutoHotkey installation
• will update automatically if you accept its prompt to do so
• is written in AutoHotkey v2

Jump to setup or config.

Current modules are:

• InstantSearch
• QRGenerator
• ClipboardURL
• UrlShortcuts
• Drive letter open
• Greek alphabet
• QuickNotes
• SoftLock
• Hotstrings
• General actions

Enter a query to open it in a search engine.

You can modify the used search engines via settings. Settings format: SEARCHENGINE?||EngineName|EngineUrl (where ? in [1,2,3])

Generate a QRCode from any text.

Note: Please use the clipboard action if you need to use multiline data.

Open the URL from the clipboard directly in your default browser.

Save URLs to open easily via shortcodes.

ProTip: You can also enter a file path or command to be executed instead of an url!

This module needs some configuration. (see here)

Quickly open an explorer window with the desired drive.

Example: Shift+Win+E c opens the C: drive in the explorer.

Beside the drive letters, there are also some special keys for special folders:

• . opens the autohotkey-utils folder
• ~ or - opens the user folder

Quickly enter a character from the greek alphabet.

Example: Shift+Win+G Pi Enter or Shift+Win+G pi Enter (these are not the same)

Create notes on the fly or paste your clipboard for later use.

Note: Please use the open action if you need to enter multiple lines.

Disable mouse and keyboard input via shortcut. (Note: This only works when the script is run as administrator.)

Press Win+L or Ctrl+Alt+Delete to exit.

This module needs some configuration. (see here)

You can install this script without AutoHotKey using the *.exe files found under Releases. I recommend storing the *.exe in a seperate folder as your configuration files will be stored in the same folder as the *.exe.

The first time you launch the script, it will ask you if you want it to automatically start everytime you log in. If you missed the chance to click yes, you can just delete the ".hotkey-temp.txt" file and reload the script.

Everytime the script reloads, it will check if there is a newer version of it available on this page and will ask you if you want to update.

Note: Windows may warn you that this script is insecure, but you can ignore this warning as long as you download the exe file from this repository. If you don't trust this exe file, you can also download the current .ahk file, but then you must also install AutoHotkey v2. But please note that the update engine doesn't work when using the .ahk file!

You can configurate and change some things in this little "app". You can open the settings via right click on the tray icon -> Settings or via the defined keybind (default: Shift+Win+i).

You can also edit the settings in their corresponding files, but don't forget to reload afterwards if you edit the files directly. If you edit them in the settings, this is automatically done for you after saving.

You can modify the shortcodes used for the UrlShortcuts module in the settings. Use the following syntax: shortcode|url

Example:

gg|https://google.com
yt|https://youtube.com

Hotstrings automatically replaces certain strings while you're typing. E.g. you type "btw" and an ending character (-()[]{}:;'"/\,.?!, tab or newline) and btw automatically gets replaced with "by the way".

You can create and modify hotstrings in the settings. Use the following syntax: hotstring|replacement

The hotstring syntax can be found here. Note: Replace "::" between hotstring and replacement with "|"!

Example:

:o:@gm|@gmail.com
::btw|by the way
:*:hi|hello

Common options:

You can modify the keybinds used in this app in the settings. Use the following syntax: action|keybind

Note: If the actions are not present in the file, the default values are used. If you want do disable a default hotkey, enter the action without a keybind. (e.g. list line in example)

The keybind syntax can be found here, all actions are listed in the tables on this page. Common modifiers can also found in the table below.

Example:

InstantSearch_1_Clipboard|#Numpad1
InstantSearch_2_Clipboard|#Numpad2
InstantSearch_3_Clipboard|#Numpad3
GreekAlphabet|+#g
ReloadFiles|

Common modifiers:

Some things like the search engines can be changed via settings. Use the following format: Key||Value Note: Use "||" here!

Note: If the keys are not present in the file, the default values are used.

Default:

SEARCHENGINE_1||DuckDuckGo|https://duckduckgo.com/?q
SEARCHENGINE_2||Google|https://google.com/search?q=
SEARCHENGINE_3||Wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=
DATETIMEFORMAT||

Check this page for date formats.