Right-click any .ahk file and choose Edit. Which editor opens?

For a lot of people it’s still Notepad. Or an editor they stopped using a year ago.

Changing it means digging through the registry. Not fun.

How about you? Do you hop between editors depending on the job?

AHKEditSwap lets you switch your default AutoHotkey editor in one click. 😊

Pick an Editor, Click Set

AHKEditSwap shows your current default editor at the top.

Below it is a list of editors to choose from. Select one, click Set Selected, and that’s your new default.

Using something that’s not on the list? Click Add New and pick its .exe.

It only changes the setting for your own Windows account, so no admin rights needed.

16 Editors Found Automatically

The v2 version looks for these in their usual install folders and adds any it finds:

For AutoHotkey: SciTE4AutoHotkey, AHK Studio, CodeQuickTester
Popular code editors: VS Code, Cursor, Notepad++, Sublime Text, Visual Studio
And more: Notepad, Atom, Vim, TextPad, PSPad, Notepad2-mod, Eclipse, UltraEdit

Every editor you set is remembered, so switching back later is one click too.

Not sure which editor to use? For most people we recommend AHK Script Maker. Programmers love VS Code.

Requirements: Windows. The v2 exe runs on its own.

To run a script instead, you need AutoHotkey v2 (or v1 for the V1 folder). Keep the res and lib folders next to it.

AHKEditSwap is $4.99. You get both the v1 and v2 versions.

One thing I’ve learned: the right editor for the job saves you more time than any shortcut.

Make switching painless, and you’ll actually use the right one. ⚡

Joe