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Андрей Солодовников
Андрей Солодовников

Reputation: 289

Photoshop picks up input before AHK

Few years ago a have write following script:

#IfWinActive ahk_class Photoshop
#Wheelup::
Send, {vkDD}
return
#IfWinActive ahk_class Photoshop
#WheelDown::
Send, {vkDB}
return

This script generate input '[' or ']' when I wheel mouse up or down while win-key is pressed. This script worked good, but now, when I have installed photoshop 2020, it's not working. I thought that ahk_class has been changed , but it's not the case. When I removed ifWinActive line, the script sent characters to the notepad, but not sent them to the photoshop. In addition, my other bingings, are not working while Photoshop is active too. What should I do to solve this problem?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 422

Answers (1)

Relax
Relax

Reputation: 10568

If Photoshop is running with admin privileges, then AHK won't intercept the key presses, and that could very well be the reason behind this problem.

If that is the case, try to run the AHK script as administrator by adding this to the auto-execute section (top of the script):

; If the script is not elevated, relaunch as administrator and kill current instance:

full_command_line := DllCall("GetCommandLine", "str")

if not (A_IsAdmin or RegExMatch(full_command_line, " /restart(?!\S)"))
{
    try ; leads to having the script re-launching itself as administrator
    {
        if A_IsCompiled
            Run *RunAs "%A_ScriptFullPath%" /restart
        else
            Run *RunAs "%A_AhkPath%" /restart "%A_ScriptFullPath%"
    }
    ExitApp
}

For more details read https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Run.htm#RunAs.

Upvotes: 3

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