AutoHotkey

AutoHotkey is a scripting utility you can use to initiate operations in Total Commander. Its focus, as the name implies, are Hotkeys which can be created pretty easily. Another great feature is Hotstrings. Make sure that you take a look at the excellent help file, it's suited for beginners and advanced users as well and will help you create your own scripts in no time. Please notice that some AHK-Scripts with different versions of Windows do not work properly or possibly do not work at all.

How does it work?

In order to make use of the following scripts you have to

1. install AutoHotkey;
2. save the script as WhateverYouLike.ahk (alternatively add it to the AHK autostart file AutoHotkey.ini);
3. run it.

or

you compile the script with Ahk2Exe.exe (available in the zip-file at the AHK Download page). Thus you get a standalone exe-file you can run on each PC without Autohotkey installed. Disadvantage: You can't modify this compiled exe anymore.

Useful Scripts

GUI enhancements

AutoHotkey: Drives Tooltip (by SanskritFritz)

AutoHotkey: Move Quicksearch Box To Make Status Bar Visible (by Icfu)

AutoHotkey: Show elapsed / remaining / total / start / finish times in title bar of progress dialogs (by Hacker)

AutoHotkey: Show the active path in the title bar (by SanskritFritz)

AutoHotkey: Tray Icon for TC (by SanskritFritz)

Automatic actions

AutoHotkey: Automatic directory-specific configuration / actions (by Hacker)

AutoHotkey: Reset the MultiRenameTool automatically (by SanskritFritz, Sheepdog)

AutoHotkey: Run or activate Total Commander (by SanskritFritz)

User experience improvements

Menus and such

AutoHotkey: Makedir and file create history (by Jungle)

AutoHotkey: Popup menu for button bar or F4 (by Mbirth)

AutoHotkey: Popup the splitter menu (by SanskritFritz)

Help with Copy/Move/Pack/Download

AutoHotkey: Always copy / move in Queue (by Hacker)

AutoHotkey: Auto add URL to Background transfer manager (by Hacker)

AutoHotkey: Inplace rename with dialog (by SanskritFritz)

AutoHotkey: Shutdown computer after download or copy (by SanskritFritz)

AutoHotkey: Unpack each archive to a separate subdir (by Icfu, Icfu, Hacker)

Help with file panels

AutoHotkey: Backspace In Drive Root Opens My Computer (by Icfu)

AutoHotkey: Go To Parent Directory When Doubleclicking Border (by Icfu)

AutoHotkey: ScrollLock functionality (by SanskritFritz)

AutoHotkey: Simultaneous switch to next/previous Tab in both panes (by Sheepdog)

Autohotkey:_Spread_Selection_with_Parameter (by Sheepdog)

AutoHotkey: With Alt - \ always to root of drive (by Sheepdog)

Help with Config

AutoHotkey: Switch Language (by Sheepdog)

Help with the Clipboard

AutoHotkey: CopyNamesToClipWithoutExt (by Hacker)

AutoHotkey: Copy Filename To Clipboard When Inplace-renaming (by Icfu)

AutoHotkey: Copy Selection To Clipboard In Lister (by Icfu)

Integration with external tools

AutoHotkey: Launch external diff (by SanskritFritz)

AutoHotkey: Locate in TC (by SanskritFritz)

AutoHotkey: Send a command to Total Commander (by SanskritFritz)

AutoHotkey: Start Notepad In Lister (by Icfu)

External (standalone) scripts

AutoHotkey: Close or minimize windows (by SanskritFritz)

AutoHotkey: Combine file parts (by Hacker)

AutoHotkey: Create .bat file to combine file parts (by Hacker)

AutoHotkey: Create folders from filenames (by Icfu)

AutoHotkey: Inplace rename facilities (by Gbo)

AutoHotkey: Make a Screenshot of the current Window with Irfanview (by Sheepdog)

AutoHotkey: Refresh the treeinfo.wc of certain drives (by Sheepdog)

AutoHotkey: Set folder timestamp to newest file (by SanskritFritz)

Useful addons

• TC user Boskoop has created an AHK syntax highlighter (DDL) for the TC editor plugin SynPlus.

External links

• Official AutoHotkey Wiki (in English)
• Official AutoHotkey Forum (in English)
• Discussion in the Total Commander forum about some differences between AutoIt and AutoHotkey.

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