XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10
From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Tue, 25 Jul 2023 14:28:57 -0700, Stan
Brown wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 15:32:17 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 22:16:59 +0300, Falafel Balls
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I have a batch file that I run a log while I'm not looking at the screen.
>> >Is there a way to run a batch file from a single keyboard keystroke?
>> >
>> >Say the batch file is in c:\batch\dosomething.bat
>> >
>> >How can I set up a keyboard keystroke so that I don't have to look at the
>> >monitor to run that command from the keyboard (while I'm looking down)?
>>
>> There are a few folks hanging around who use software like AutoHotkey or
AutoIt,
>> or I think that's what they're called. Something like that might do the job.
>
>Char's approach is a valid one IMHO.
>
>But you can also do it in native Windows. Create a shortcut whose
I believe it's now called Indigenous Windows.
>target is either
> cmd /c c:\batch\dosomething.bat
>or
> cmd /k c:\batch\dosomething.bat
>(The difference is that the first one's window closes when the batch
>file finishes, and the second's window stays open till you close it,
>either by typing exit on the command line or by clicking the X at the
>upper right of the window.)
>
>After Target in the shortcut dialog, you have a box for entering an
>optional shortcut key. Don't pick an often-used key sequence, like
>Ctrl+C! Pick something easy to type but not likely to be typed by
>accident, Ctrl+Alt+S for instance. (Don't type Ctrl+Alt+S, press
>those three keys together while the cursor is in the Shortcut Key
>box.)
>
>For the shortcut key to be effective, the shortcut must be either on
>your desktop or in your start menu.
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