Looking for ways to automate the mundane tasks on your Windows computer? Here's a detailed guide on AutoHotkey to help you automate tasks and streamline your workflow.

How-to website How-To Geek has a great AutoHotkey script that inputs the text contents of your clipboard into the console window using the familiar CTRL+V paste combo.

If you want this script to run every time you start Windows, see the FAQ section of the AHK help file. Come back tomorrow for more AutoHotkey goodness!

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, ...

Run AutoHotkey. On any open area of the desktop, right-click and choose New, AutoHotkey script. Enter a name for the script (in this case something like fwiw.ahk) and press Enter.

We demonstrate how to change the keyboard shortcut to switch between one Virtual Desktop to another in Windows 11/10 using AutoHotKey.

Obviously it still erases the character to the left of your cursor. But when you’re viewing folders in Windows Explorer, Backspace no longer moves you “up” a folder in the hierarchy like it did in ...