HotkeyP (archived) is a small but powerful macro and hotkey utility that enables you to create a wide range of macro commands and keyboard shortcuts that can perform common tasks such as opening files, running programs, empty the recycle bin, reboot your PC, start the screensaver and much more.
X-HotkeyP is a version of the software packaged in winPenPack format.
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| Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: |
Application folder |
| Path portability: |
Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
| License: |
GPL |
| How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch X-HotkeyP.exe. |
| What's new? |
- Commands "Opacity +", "Opacity -"
- Environment variables can be used in commands (e.g. %SystemRoot%).
- Option to play sound when a hotkey is pressed.
- Option "Wait before executing this hotkey", command will be executed after 5 second unless the user cancels it.
- Only pressed shift keys are released before macro.
- Command "Delete temporary files" can delete read-only files.
- HotkeyP window is transparent when showing User Account Control dialog.
- Large HotkeyP icon looks same as small icon.
- All texts are Unicode, it's useful especially for the "Paste text" command.
- Hotkeys have option "Run as administrator".
- Commands "Maximize all", "Show HotkeyP window", "Reload hook".
- Command "Hide window" changes tray icon to yellow.
- %HotkeyP% in command path is replaced by installation folder.
- Caps lock is turned off during "Macro".
- Removed shortcut Ctrl+N which used to delete all hotkeys.
- Path to HTK file is not stored in the registry if the file is in the HotkeyP folder.
Fixed bugs:
- Paste text command did not work on some keyboard layouts.
- Multi-command did not work with paste text
- Some system hotkeys could not be redefined (Ctrl+Win+P, Ctrl+Win+F, Win+Shift+M, Win+Shift+up, Alt+Win+1, ...).
- Key state is reset when reloading hook.
- Hotkey Win+mouse showed the Start menu if used with macro.
- Right-click on the small icon in the notification area showed the taskbar menu on Windows 10.
- Could not get executable file name of universal apps on Windows 10.
- "Information" about a window could not get full path of 64-bit processes.
- "Paste text" with parameter %l truncated text to 1024 characters.
- The second parameter of "Macro to active window" could not be longer than 15 characters.
- "Minimize to tray" did not work for the Explorer.
- "Magnifier" lost focus after quick mouse movement.
- The Spy application worked only with 32-bit processes.
- Some minimized applications could not be restored to foreground when hotkey was pressed.
- Active window lost focus after waiting before executing a hotkey.
- "Maximize all" randomly activated another window.
- Icon was not yellow if asking before executing "Hide application" or "Hide window".
- "Send keys to window" was too quick and sometimes missed shift keys.
- Start automatically at Windows startup.
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