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AutoHotkey Newsletter

Howdy %Name%,

You can count the number of apples in a tree but you cannot count the number of apples in a seed❗

A lot of people don’t realize AutoHotkey is a multiplier, not a one-off.

When you build a script you’re really building a “system” which lets you easily repeat it over and over.

And, now by incorporating AI into it, you can even easily add decision making into your script❗

We discuss topics like this in the Hero club every week!

I guarantee you’ll have fun and learn something!  Sign up today❗

Now on with the show…

Learn how to Master VSCode Make the switch to v2 Intro to AutoHotkey Intermediate AutoHotkey Intermediate ObjectsGUIs are Easy w/AutoHotkey Access all our Courses; Quit when you want

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AI Noise Removal is Insane❗

I think many of us associate the value of a script by how often we use it however another way to evaluate its “value” might be to figure out how much time and/or money it saves us.

For instance, the Noise removal tool I demonstrate in this video is mind blowing.

It took a course I had that I couldn’t even listen to and cleaned it up so well that I’m even thinking of sending it back to the owners so they can share with their clients.

🔇 Removing Audio Hum with FFMPEG and AI Tools You Need to Know | Hero Extract
🔇 Removing Audio Hum with FFMPEG and AI Tools You Need to Know | Hero Extract


Getting around Install Restrictions

During a Hero call we discussed how, for people that do not have Admin rights, installing AutoHotkey can be a pain however, as outlined in this video, if you have access to the Microsoft Store, you might still be able to easily install AutoHotkey v2.

It’s a great work-around!   And, if you can’t access the store, a user suggested going to the URL of AHK v2 the Microsoft store and trying it from there!

🔓 Bypass Corporate IT Restrictions With This Browser Trick Nobody Talks About | Hero Extract
🔓 Bypass Corporate IT Restrictions With This Browser Trick Nobody Talks About | Hero Extract


How & Why our AI approach is Superior to most others

A while back Kenneth, a Hero member, brought up why our approach (using AI with AutoHotkey) is better than how most other AI experts.  Check out the conversation in this video.

How our AI Automation Channel is different than other AI channels Hero Extract
How our AI Automation Channel is different than other AI channels Hero Extract


Keeping AI Busy

I’ve definitely found that, just like with working with AutoHotkey, when working with AI the Human is what slows things down.

Often I’ll have Claude Code working on 4 separate tasks.   Claude will finish one of them but there is no built-in way to have Claude notify you when it finished its task and is waiting for direction.

Of course, we worked around that using our Notifyv2 class.  You check out what we did in this video.

Never Miss an AI Response Again 🤖 Claude Code Hook Setup | Hero Extract
Never Miss an AI Response Again 🤖 Claude Code Hook Setup | Hero Extract


Improving People’s Lives: Story #100

Yesterday I built a free way to let businesses capture customer and leads contact information.

There are many ways clients can use this but the super simple way is to print-out a QR code which drops people into the database.


📚 What we’re reading


🤖 AI News that you Need to Know


⚡️Productivity tips:

Discovering the hidden powers of F4 in Excel


🤣 A spot of Humor:

Jim Gaffigan Puts Flight Whiners in Their Place: Jim Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan Puts Flight Whiners in Their Place: Jim Gaffigan


What we 🅰utomated this week with AutoHotkey #134

Ever ask AI to do something, get told “that’s not possible,” and then realize you just asked the wrong question?

In this week’s video I show you how reframing one question unlocked a custom taskbar build, and I also demo a bunch of other goodies like auto-thumbnail generation, clipboard memory, and a screen-hide toggle that makes a window invisible to OBS and Zoom.

What we automated with AI and AutoHotkey #134
What we automated with AI and AutoHotkey #134


Clients say…

This is a game changer and we are very Blessed to have Joe and his team working in helping us in utilizing the wonderful opportunities to grow with new technologies available to us.

Again, thank you for all the support you give us. — Stephanie Holland


Cartoon superhero mascot in green costume beside the bold text AHK Hero on a yellow background AHK Hero 🦸

Consider joining the 🦸Hero club! Members receive 25% off courses, consultations, tutoring, done for you project work, etc.    Currently we have over 572 hours of recordings teaching AutoHotkey that is exclusive to Hero members❗

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

  • Help Hero Members with their Questions & Code
  • Parsing the URL to help manipulate web scraping
  • Biscuit helps keep everyday apps more organized
  • Helping Small Businesses
    • Online Lead Gen form for Small businesses
    • Using AI to create a Website
  • Icon maker – Batch vs. AI generator. Updates
  • AI Integration updates to AHK Script Maker
  • My tAHKskbar- pinning, Always on Top,
  • Live Creating Skills and Testing

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


🗣️ 💭 Quotable quotes

  • The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings — Thomas Sowell
  • Treat objections as requests for further information — Brian Tracy
  • The secret to getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one — Mark Twain

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the-Automator  Dedicated to Multiplying your Income

Joe, Isaias, Irfan and staff


P.S. If you’re new to building AutoHotkey scripts then the intro might “scare you” a bit but, trust me, it is easier than you think!  Join the Hero club and find out what you’re missing out on.

The first month is only $1.99 which works out to .16 cents per hour.

I mean seriously who can’t afford that❓

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AutoHotkey Newsletter

Howdy %Name%,

On Sunday I had another call with my AI / strategy buddy Ryan Wells.

He’s creating a very interesting tool that is watching his computer usage. 

This may sound a bit “big brother” to you (and it does to me) however I do know it is very hard to figure out the “performance” of something without tracking it.

For nearly 20 years I was a quantitative stats guy that used data to help businesses make better informed decisions.

Now I’m loving that we’re collecting metrics on ourselves to see how we can improve❗

How about you %Name%❓ 

What is your feedback loop that you use to ensure you’re improving❓

If you don’t have an easy way to track your time, you should check out our Time Tracking tool

Also, if you’re a Claude Code user, make sure you run /Insights.  It’s a game changer!

Do you have a time each week where you evaluate yourself to ensure you’re improving “you“❓

Now on with the show…

Learn how to Master VSCode Make the switch to v2 Intro to AutoHotkey Intermediate AutoHotkey Intermediate ObjectsGUIs are Easy w/AutoHotkey Access all our Courses; Quit when you want

RealizeAHKtimesaving


Easily Magnify your screen

A couple of weeks ago we came up with this really cool Magnifying Glass which let’s you very quickly zoom into a given area of your screen.  You can even adjust either the area being zoomed and the size of the magnification.

Crazy Z-Order issue with AHK GUI

A while back I found a “bug” which I’d never seen before. 

We had a child GUI that, on one computer, showed the child window behind the main GUI but, with the same executable, showed up in front of the main GUIs.

In this video, Irfan explains what we learned.

AutoHotkey GUI Z Order Fix AlwaysOnTop Preferences Window Bug | Hero Extract
AutoHotkey GUI Z Order Fix AlwaysOnTop Preferences Window Bug | Hero Extract


Speaking of Z-order

If you’re new to working with GUIs with AutoHotkey, you might check out this video where I was showing a tool to help capture the Z-order of GUIs.

Developing Z order and Level of Windows
Developing Z order and Level of Windows


My Script isn’t broken, it just looks that way…

Often we might be doing some “work” with AutoHotkey but most people don’t let users know the script is continuing to plug along.  

That’s where our Progress Bar can help easily inform users that the script is actually hard at work!


Improving People’s Lives: Story #97

Monday morning I had an amazing call with Kenneth Aar (an AHK Hero member).

He has his own YouTube channel.  I showed him some of our tools (Like Transcriber and Media Segmenter) but we also had some very interesting discussions that will be a focus of upcoming newsletters.  🙂

BTW, you might enjoy his channel, here’s a brief description of it: 

“Discover the sweet spot where AutoHotkey meets psychology and GTD (Get Things Done) to engineer systems with less friction and more freedom.”


📚 What we’re reading


🤖 AI News that you Need to Know


⚡️Productivity tips:  

Less is more.  

Version One is infinitely better than version None❗


🤣 A spot of Humor:  Jimmy Carr is so funny!

You Dream of Someone This Dumb In The Front Row
You dream of someone this dumb in the front row


Clients say…

THANK YOU, YOU SAVED MY LIFEEEEEEEEEEEEEE — @sillywilly-102


Cartoon superhero mascot in green costume beside the bold text AHK Hero on a yellow background AHK Hero 🦸

Consider joining the 🦸Hero club! Members receive 25% off courses, consultations, tutoring, done for you project work, etc.    Currently we have over 566 hours of recordings teaching AutoHotkey that is exclusive to Hero members❗

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

  • Help Hero Members with their Questions & Code
  • Converting the AutoHotkey MCP to CLI (and why)
  • Buttons in Notifyv2 class 👀
  • Our new DiffViewer for AHK Script Maker (It’s way cooler than I planned❗)
  • Using Try/Catch in your code
  • Live Creating Skills and Testing
  • Continue to Automate creating Downloads on the-Automator

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


🗣️ 💭 Quotable quotes

  • When a man understands that the aim of life is not material profit, but life itself, ceases to fix his attention exclusively on the external world, — Alexis Carrel
  • Fire fast; Hire slow — Dan Kennedy
  • Do the hard jobs first. Easy jobs will take care of themselves — Dale Carnegie

AHK Newsletter⏩SHARE WITH A FRIEND⏩

Do you know someone that would benefit from learning useful automation tips like the gems in today’s issue?  Take a second and forward this newsletter and bask in the glow of their undying gratitude.  Was this email forwarded to you?

Sign up for this Newsletter here.  We never share your email with anyone.  Ever!


the-Automator  Dedicated to Multiplying your Income

Joe, Isaias, Irfan and staff


P.S. We like to think we are “efficient” but the truth is, more often than not, we are incredibly inefficient.  And having “someone else” (whether it is AI or another human) is often the best way to spot places for us to improve. 

How about it %Name%❓  

Do you have the courage to join the hero club and share your workflow❓