Looking for ways to automate the mundane tasks on your Windows computer? Here's a detailed guide on AutoHotkey to help you automate tasks and streamline your workflow.

The How-To Geek continues his quest to make Vista actually convenient for a wider group of people with a few tips on taming AutoHotkey, the Windows scripting language that can automate keyboard ...

Mark Sample explains how to use AutoHotkey on Windows for text expansion, hotkeys, and automated macros.

If you regularly use other scripts that you find useful, feel free to share them in the comments. We’ll be on the lookout for more time-saving ideas to revisit this topic in the future.

If you want this script to run every time you start Windows, see the FAQ section of the AHK help file. Come back tomorrow for more AutoHotkey goodness!

Hit the link for the full script, including a downloadable version—and while you're busy tweaking your AutoHotkey scripts, make sure to learn how to enable Ctrl+V for pasting into the command ...

Over at the How-To Geek blog, there’s an AHK script that makes the Backspace key function in Windows Vista/7 the same way it did in XP–from a folder-navigation perspective, that is.

1. Run AutoHotkey. 2. On any open area of the desktop, right-click and choose New, AutoHotkey script. 3. Enter a name for the script (in this case something like fwiw.ahk) and press Enter. 4.