Proceed cautiously and test thoroughly!Īnd finally, we encourage you to edit the application in AlwaysUp and check out the many other settings that may be appropriate for your environment. Next time your computer boots, your AutoHotkey executable will start before anyone logs on.Īs noted before, GUI applications may sometimes run into trouble when run as a windows service. You can also select Application > Restart "AutoHotkey Executable" in this session to quickly stop your AutoHotkey executable and start it again on your desktop.Īutomatic login to get around Session 0 isolation. to see any windows that your executable created: On Windows 8.1/8/7/Vista and Server 2012/2008, your executable will be running in the background on the The state should transition to Running momentarily: To start your exe as a windows service, choose Application > Start "AutoHotkey Executable". In a couple of seconds, an application called AutoHotkey Executable (or whatever you called it) will appear in the AlwaysUp window. Our sample takes no parameters so we will leave that section blank in this tutorial.Ĭlick the Save button to record your settings. If you have any command line parameters for your AutoHotkey executable, enter those in the Arguments field. We have used AutoHotkey Executable but you can specify virtually anything you like. In the Name field, enter the name that you will call your application in AlwaysUp.
Simple text editor with menu bar example, compiled into an executable called AHKSampleTextEditor.exe. In the Application field, enter the full path to your compiled AutoHotkey executable. Select Application > Add to open the Add Application window: To setup AutoHotkey to run as a Windows Service with AlwaysUp:ĭownload and install AlwaysUp, if necessary. Session 0 Isolation strongly discourages GUI interaction from a windows service,Īt least one of our customers needed to run an AutoHotkey script in Session 0 to support a legacy application.
AutoHotkey is a free a scripting language and toolkit for desktop automation.
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