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AHK News 2026-02-12 Squashing your Lizard Brain 🦎🧠

Howdy %Name%,

While I was in Las Vegas, Texas (and much of the U.S.) went through a cold spell.

My son got his license last June and had yet to drive on snow or ice.

I tried, over the phone, to explain how dangerous it can be and how he should adjust his driving.

Thankfully I got back to Texas before all of the ice had melted so, at the first chance I got, I took him out to get some “real world” experience.

While, over the phone, I’d mentioned that if you feel yourself “sliding” while braking you need to lift your foot off the brake, until the tires begin to spin again and then re-apply the brakes.

As all of you know this is much easier to say than do which is why I wanted him to have the experience in a controlled environment (with nothing immediately in front of him).

So, hopefully when “it matters” he’s able to squash his lizard brain 🦎🧠 screaming:

“Push the freaking brake pedal through the floor“

It’s why we encourage people during the AHK Hero calls to dabble with different approaches when automating programs. That way, when they have a need, they’re already conditioned how to test & debug the new approach.

Now on with the show…

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AHK v2 Secret New File Template 👀

A while back we were discussing launching v2 scripts in the AHK Hero club and Isaias asked if we knew about the place we can easily store and access our New File Template.

You can check out the extract in this video.

🚀 AutoHotkey V2 Templates: The Secret Feature You’re Missing! | AHK Hero Extract

AHK Script Maker Pro

We’ve been working on AHK Script Maker for over 5 months now❗

It’s quite an amazing tool on its own but, the other day, I asked Irfan to go ahead and create the “Pro” version which (currently) has an additional 17 “must have” scripts built into it.

Each of these tools are typically sold individually and, if you sum up their value, it comes to $91.84.

All this for $12.99

If you want to know more about the scripts embedded in the Pro version you can learn more by watching this video.

I’m currently outlining the features it has and will begin to make videos next week.

⚡ I Just Unlocked Pro Mode – These AutoHotkey Tools Will Blow Your Mind

Building a Custom Windows Tool Launcher

I was reading an article about the top Windows Utilities we should use. The article mentioned the arbitrary ways you can find the tools in Windows. I then thought: “Why should I have to search for the tools❓

Why not ask Claude to build a launcher for me❓

So, 10 minutes later, I had a working tool that launched a lot of built-in Windows tools.

You can check it out in this video.

I think I’ll add a few more tools and a search bar. After that I’ll share it as a download.

🛠️ AI Built My Custom Windows Tool in Minutes – You Won’t Believe How Easy! | AHK Hero Extract

Improving People’s Lives: Story #79

We had a great client call with a Radiologist. He mentioned his company is forcing them to use new tools that incorporate AI and “streamline” the flow.

Unfortunately, he said he’s losing around $1,000 a day because of their new “improved“ tool.

In our 2 hour private consultation we invented work-arounds to get him back to his productive levels!

If you’re a Radiologists, book a call with us and i 💯% guarnatee you that we will make you more productive❗

📚 What we’re reading

4 Best Free Windows Tools
Stop these Background Processes to Reclaim your PC’s Performance
Why RAM should Be Your Priority when buying a laptop
Ways to make Windows 11 Widgets useful

🤖 AI News that you Need to Know

If you’re a current Claude Subscriber be sure to get your free $50 Credit
Going Slower Feels Safer, But Your Domain Expertise Won’t Save Here’s what will
Site lets AI bots Rent Human Time. Can you smell the irony❓
Claude 4.6 is insane (don’t miss this Nate Jones video) 📺

⚡️Productivity tips: Excel Hotkeys

Ctrl+Shift+L – Toggle filters
Ctrl+Space – Select entire column
Shift+Space – Select entire row

🤣 A spot of Humor: Leslie Nielsen was so darn funny!

Leslie Nielsen Puts His Skills to the Test

What we 🅰utomated this week with AutoHotkey #121

This week was packed — we worked on everything from game automation for high-end clients to video processing tools that chopped a 2+ hour auction video into individual clips automatically.

In this video I walk you through all of it, including a stock portfolio tracker, some handy video compression tricks, and a bunch of cool utility tools that just make life way easier.

Lots of real-world problem solving and a few fun surprises along the way!

What we Automated with AutoHotkey #121

Clients say…

I had no idea you could do this with AutoHotkey — Jim F.

AHK Hero 🦸

Consider joining the 🦸AHK Hero club! Members receive 25% off courses, consultations, tutoring, done for you project work, etc. Currently we have over 521 hours of recordings teaching AutoHotkey that is exclusive to AHK Hero members❗

During this Friday’s call we’re planning to discuss:

Help AHK Hero Members with their Questions & Code
AHK Script Maker: Pro version
Detecting if GUI is offscreen and recentering it
Updates to Win32 Control Syntax Writer
Using AI to Break up videos into segments
5 Git commandsthat feel like Magic

They also have access to exclusive & pre-released content and 3 hours a week where we help people with their AHK issues (the Saturday calls are geared towards people new to AutoHotkey.)

🗣️ 💭 Quotable quotes

Today is always the most productive day of your week — Mark Hunter
Comfort is a sedative; struggle is the cure — Joe Glines
Turn off the TV and go read — John Carlton

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AutoHotkey v2.0.20 Release Analysis and Script Implications

Summary

This Video Covers Autohotkey Version 2.0.20, A Maintenance Release Focused Entirely On Bug Fixes And Stability Improvements Rather Than New Features. The Presenter Emphasizes That While This Update Doesn’t Add Flashy New Commands, It Provides Something More Valuable: Rock-solid Reliability That Makes Scripts More Predictable And Dependable Across Hotkeys, Advanced Scripting Functions, And Gui Components.

Learn More About V2.0.20 Here

Key Points

[00:00:00] – Autohotkey 2.0.20 Update Overview And Improvements

The Update Prioritizes Stability And Predictability Over New Features, Described As “Sharpening Every Tool You Already Own To Perfection”
Contains No Breaking Changes, Allowing Users To Update With Confidence That Existing Scripts Won’t Suddenly Fail
Hotkey Improvements Include Fixing Tilde Prefix Behavior To Prevent Accidental Triggering Of Separate Hotkeys On Key Release
Error Handling Enhanced So Invalid Key Remaps Now Provide Clear Error Messages Instead Of Silent Crashes
Advanced Scripting Fixes Address Grandparent Static Variable Access In Nested Functions, Enabling Cleaner Object-oriented Code
Regwrite Function Now Requires The First Parameter To Prevent Subtle Bugs From Missing Registry Key Names
Gui Stability Improvements Fix Critical Crashes Including Hw Communication Issues, Listview Sorting Problems, And Listbox Tab Spacing Inconsistencies
Overall Focus On Eliminating “Nasty Surprises” And Unpredictable Behavior That Can Derail Automation Projects

Brief Summary

Autohotkey 2.0.20 Represents A Foundation-strengthening Update That Eliminates Frustrating Bugs And Unpredictable Behaviors Across The Platform. By Focusing On Reliability Over New Features, This Release Enables Users To Build More Ambitious And Dependable Automation With Confidence, Knowing Their Hotkeys, Scripts, And Guis Will Perform Consistently As Intended.

The One Thing That Made Our Ideas Actually Work❗

Howdy %Name%,

In last week’s episode I mentioned I was collaborating with a friend of mine named Joey.

We’ve been having weekly calls and discussing ideas on how we can improve our respective businesses by helping our clients.

I mentioned to him that, when we worked at Texas Instruments together, the vast majority of ideas that we implemented on our team came from the two of us talking.

He reminded me that, at one point, we had the maintenance people remove the divider between our cubes because we worked so well together (otherwise we’d end up yelling over the top of them.)

Bouncing ideas off other people is incredibly helpful.

It’s one of the things I encourage in the AHK Hero club. Of course some people bring their ideas to the Hero meetings and we get feedback from each other.

Do you have an “idea buddy” to bounce ideas off of❓ If not, I can guarantee you’ll come out ahead if you bounce your ideas off someone else before you start to implement.

Now on with the show…

MasterClass in Classes

Irfan is going to start taking over for Isaias on a custom client project. To help Irfan this morning Isaias gave an amazing training on advanced concepts and strategies in Classes.

Since there was no real specific client information I’m able to share it with you!

🏗️ Why Your AutoHotkey Code is DOOMED to Fail (Architecture Secrets)

If you’re new to Classes you should check out our Intro to Objects & Classes course (also lead by Isaias). Don’t forget our courses come with a 200% money-back guarantee!

Alternatively, if you’d rather ask questions, the AHK Hero club is a perfect place for you.

Intro to Debugging

During an AHK Hero call Irfan led a great session on debugging.

You can check it out here.

Want to grab our AHK script Editor (featured in the video)? You can get it here. Note we now have an upscale version which includes a bunch of our Debugging, Inspecting and Syntax Writing tools.

💡 Stop Debugging the Hard Way – This Method is 10x Faster | AHK Hero Extract

One Feature You Won’t Find in other Editors

During an AHK Hero call I had an idea that I’d wished I’d thought of years ago.

We’ve already incorporated it into AHK Script Maker but you can check out the idea here.

Why Don’t Code Editors Have This OBVIOUS Feature? 🤔 | AHK Hero Extract

PassKeys, Voice Cloning, and AI Security

Are you freaked out about AI❓

It’s definitely going to get wild here in the very-near future❗

During one of our Hero Calls we discussed several aspects of security & AI.

Discussing Passkeys, Voice Cloning, AI and Security

Improving People’s Lives: Story #77

I’m out in Las Vegas visiting my 85-year-old father. I’m buying various “gadgets” that will let me keep an eye on him when I’m back home in Texas.

I wish there was a way to avoid an accident entirely however at least now I’ll have a way to be aware of the problem❗