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How to write an autohotkey script to toggle the Show hidden files and folders setting?

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Mar 15, 20263428 views
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Problem

I would like to make use of a hotkey to toggle the Show hidden files and folders setting. I want to use it on both windowsXp and Windows7. Here is what I got so far: Problem is when I run the script it simply does nothing. Not sure what I am missing.

Error Output

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RegRead, Showall_Status, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL, CheckedValue, 
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Ok, the problem was the regkey, this one works.

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