Howdy ,
Happy New year!
I’m reading a great book entitled “Success Is an Inside Job: The Secrets to Getting Anything You Want” by Lee Milteer. It reminded me of the great quote by Henry Ford
Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t; you’re usually right — Henry Ford
This also reminds me of one of my favorite books The Magic Power of Self-Image Psychology: Psycho-Cybernetics. Dr. Maltz brilliantly explains how your self image will determine your potential. Until you see yourself as someone that can succeed, you won’t!
I realized its something we need to address for both our AHK hero group and selling our AHK courses. Many people don’t join/purchase a course because they feel they just can’t learn how to code. And, as long as they keep that attitude, they are, probably, right!
Even though our courses are purposely designed for people with Zero background in programming, a lot of people have an inner-belief that they are not able to learn how to program and thus don’t!
The good news is we offer 200% money back guarantee on our courses! So you literally have nothing to lose! If, in the first 30 days, you’re not completely satisfied, ask for a refund and we will DOUBLE what you paid❗
Now on with the show…
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Reading & Writing to files with AutoHotkey v2
Unlike other languages, reading and writing text to a file is incredibly simple! We’ve extracted this video from our Intro to AutoHotkey in v2 course to show just how easy it is!
How to Read and Write to Text files with AHK v2 Extract from Intro to AHK

Intro to working with xPath with AutoHotkey ⚡
During a team meeting Isaias was giving Irfan an overview of using xPath with AutoHotkey. Thankfully I decided to hit the record button as Isaias gave a great introduction to using this powerful & useful approach. So check out this video and discover how AhK & xPath is amazing!
💡 Essential XPath Skills in AutoHotkey – Unleash Your Potential!

What we automated with AutoHotkey: #27 Year-End Review
For a change of pace I looked back over the last 365 days to see what AutoHotkey scripts had been modified. To my surprise the number was really, really big! Check out some of the major things we did over the last year in this video.
What we Automated with AutoHotkey #27 2023 Year in Review

Quick Review of Built-in AutoHotkey Variables
There are a LOT of built-in Ahk variables. We have the same script in both v1 and v2 that will grab all of the built-in variables and display’s their current contents for you. It’s super handy to have this in your back-pocket as developing new scripts. You can see us demonstrating the script here in this video.
How to Search and Examining Built-in Variables in AutoHotkey

📚 What we’re Reading / Watching
- How to make Windows 11 Look Like Windows 10
- Reinstall Windows 11 Without Deleting Your Data
- How to Disable Background Apps in Windows 11
Daily Habits of Successful People | Brian Tracy

🤖 AI / Chat GPT-3 News / Usage
- Search Google with generative AI
- AI is the great equalizer
- A groundbreaking solution to AI’s hallucination 🐔
⚡️Productivity tips: Win + i
Want to quickly jump to your System Settings? Use Windows + i❗
🤣 A spot of Humor: We’re going to DIE❗
“We’re Going to Die!”

AHK Hero 🦸
Consider joining the 🦸AHK Hero club! Members receive 25% off courses, consultations, tutoring, done for you project work, etc.
They also have access to exclusive & pre-released content and a 3 hours a week where we help people with their AHK issues (the Saturday calls are geared towards people new to AutoHotkey.)
🗣️ 💭 Quotable quotes
- Create exceptional Opportunities for Exceptional people — Dan Kennedy
- When experiencing problems with tools, typically you should blame the operator, not the tool — Joe Glines
- Motion beats meditation — Gary Halbert
- People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything — Thomas Sowell
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Joe, Isaias, Irfan, Rizwan and staff
P.S. I’m a firm believer that your attitude has an enormous influence on your abilities. Sometimes you need a “quick win” to boost your self esteem in convincing yourself your able to do even more!
If you’re worried you don’t have the skills you need to be using a PC, you should check out our course that is almost complete where we teach the bare-basics of using your PC as more than a word processor. Sign up for the alerts and you’ll get a discount! Don’t worry, there is no commitment when you sign up and as with all our courses, if you choose to purchase, we offer 200% money back guarantee!










