Intermediate AutoHotkey / How to Automate your Windows PC

How to Automate your Windows PC with AutoHotkey- Taking the next steps on your Robotics Process Automation journey

Created by: Joe Glines
AutoHotkey expert / Robotics Process Automation Guru

What Will I Learn?

• How to use many built-in AutoHotkey functions (and create your own)
• How to work smarter, not harder
• How to use the Amazing built-in tools to AutoHotkey that can connect to Windows programs
• How to use objects in AutoHotkey
• Where free resources are available for continue their journey learning AutoHotkey
• 5 types of loops in AutoHotkey
• How to use Set Timers to give the appearance of multi-threading
• How to Save and Load data via ini files
• How to Read and Write to the Windows registry
• How to manipulate programs using built-in Controls
• How to automate programs using their menus
• How to use Simple and Associative Arrays
• How to use AutoHotkey objects

Requirements

• Complete the Intro to AutoHotkey / Windows Desktop Automation (RPA) Udemy course (or program in AutoHotkey for 4+ months)
• Have a Windows based PC
• Have a mundane task you wish to automate

Target audience

• Guys working in Information Technology at high-tech companies with 10+ years of work experience
• Everyone that has programs that they would like to automate
• Beginner AutoHotkey users
• People that want to work smarter, not harder
• System Admins that want to streamline their processes
• People wanting to automate their Windows computers
• People ready to great tips & tricks to working with AutoHotkey
• PowerShell users that want a simpler approach to automation
• BluePrism & Automation Anywhere and UIPath users that are frustrated by programming with GUIs
• Python users that work solely on a Windows computer and want to automate their local processes
• Programmers that work with: JavaScript, SQL, Visual Basic, Python, PHP, and Java also frequently use AutoHotkey