Say I have an autohotkey script C:\path\to\my\script running. Is there a way to define a hotkey that re-starts it?
asked Mar 29, 2013 at 15:44
Amelio Vazquez-Reina
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1Related: Automatically reload AutoHotkey script when modifiedStevoisiak– Stevoisiak2017-08-10 23:59:37 +00:00Commented Aug 10, 2017 at 23:59
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In order to prevent duplicate instances, I normally do not re-launch a script but use the build-in function Reload. I launch this with Ctrl+Win+Alt+R and use Ctrl+Win+Alt+E to edit the main AHK script.
^#!r::Reload
Actually, my script looks like this:
^#!r::
Send, ^s ; To save a changed script
Sleep, 300 ; give it time to save the script
Reload
Return
^!#e::Edit
As a matter of fact, all the way at the top of my script I have this to give me a visual and audio indication that the script was restarted:
#SingleInstance Force
#installKeybdHook
#Persistent
Menu, Tray, Icon , Shell32.dll, 25, 1
TrayTip, AutoHotKey, Started, 1
SoundBeep, 300, 150
Return
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Make a hotkey that runs a script, which in this case is the same script and then exit.
somehotkey::
Run, C:\path\to\my\script.ahk
ExitApp
return
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Robert Ilbrink
In order to prevent multiple instances running at the same time (run creates a new instance), I use
^#!r::ReloadAmelio Vazquez-Reina
@RobertIlbrink. If that restarts the script, you should post that as an answer. Your solution may be better than Armin's if it avoids intance duplicates.
Restart the AutoHotkey script with a hotkey. Autohotkey 2.0 version:
#r:: ; press Win+r to reload
{
msgResult := MsgBox("Do you really want to reload this script?")
if (msgResult = "Yes")
Reload()
return
}
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I found this to be the safest option of them all, because it takes care that the correct script is reloaded when you have multiple scripts running simultaneously, which was a recurring issue for me. The combination of the following also ensures that only one instance of a script will ever run at a time. The ScriptFullPath variable includes the name of the script.
#SingleInstance Force ;put this at the top of the script
^r::run, %A_ScriptFullPath%
