AutoHotkey is a free, open-source scripting platform for Windows that you can use to automate just about anything. It's fairly simple to use and even simpler to find existing scripts for. We'd like to ...

Do you prefer automating the mundane and repetitive tasks on your computer to simplify your workflow? If you do, you have one of the best automation tools, Automator, on macOS, which allows you to ...

Many of you are probably already familiar with AutoHotKey. This small and free utility lets you automate tasks and make your PC work exactly the way you want it to. The program is driven by a custom ...

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, ...

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 ...

AutoHotkey is a free scripting language that lets you automate almost anything on Windows. You write a script, save it as an ...

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, ...

One of my absolute favorite AHK scripts comes from Lifehacker’s Adam Pash, whose aptly named Better Paste automatically strips the formatting from text copied to the Clipboard. When you go to paste it ...