Windows – How to run a script, and then emulate ^V with Auto Hot Key (AHK)

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I have a script (batch file) to store some inside clipboard, and I need to automatize running and pasting action with auto hot key.

I tried the following code, but the code doesn't work with cmd.exe. I expect a function something like 'Paste clipboard'.

+F2::
Run "SCRIPT.bat"
Send {Control down}V{Control up}
Return

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In a Command Prompt, Ctrl+V doesn't paste the clipboard.

One way you can paste the clipboard in a Command Prompt is Alt+Space, E, P. So you might try

Send !{Space}ep

To paste to other Windows programs as well, you can check if the current window is a Command Prompt or not as follows

IfWinActive, ahk_class ConsoleWindowClass
{
  Send !{Space}ep
}
Else
{
  Send ^v
}

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To make it stop giving you the message, add the following near the top of the script before you compile it:

#SingleInstance force

That will cause the newer version to replace the older version of the script.

Please note: this does not address the fact that you seem to have the script executing twice during your boot process.

Start/End selection with AutoHotkey

Very ugly but maybe it's the solution you were looking for. Very sad the shift down solution doesn't work for you, because that's what I've always been using.

*^Space::
dx = 1
dy = 1
text_selection_is_on := !text_selection_is_on
if text_selection_is_on
{
   MouseMove, %A_CaretX%, %A_CaretY%, 0
   dx := A_CaretX
   Send, {right}
   dx := A_CaretX - dx
   Send, {left}
   dy := A_CaretY
   Send, {down}
   dy := A_CaretY - dy
   Send, {up}
   Send, {Click down}
}
else
   Send, {Click up}
return

left::
if text_selection_is_on
    MouseMove, % -dx, 0, 0, R
else
   Send, {left}
return

right::
if text_selection_is_on
    MouseMove, % dx, 0, 0, R
else
   Send, {right}
return

down::
if text_selection_is_on
    MouseMove, 0, % dy, 0, R
else
   Send, {down}
return

up::
if text_selection_is_on
    MouseMove, 0, % -dy, 0, R
else
   Send, {up}
return

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