Get AutoHotkey Script To Run As Admin At Startup

November 6, 2012 · 1 min read

A few weeks back I posted some problems with running AutoHotkey (AHK) in Windows 8, and that the solution was to run your AHK script as admin.  I also showed how to have the script start automatically when you logged into Windows.  What I didn’t realize at the time though was that the method only worked because I had disabled UAC in the registry (which prevents most Metro apps from working in Windows 8, and likely isn’t acceptable for most people).

So here is a Windows 8, UAC-friendly method to accomplish the same task (also works in previous versions of Windows).  The trick is to use…

Read more at http://blog.danskingdom.com/get-autohotkey-script-to-run-as-admin-at-startup/

This article is part of the GWB Archives. Original Author: deadlydog

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