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Cannot get Windows snipping tool to auto run with AutoHotKey

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Mar 15, 20266563 views
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Problem

I am trying to get Windows 7 sniping tool to run when I hit my PRINTSCREEN keyboard button with AUTOHOTKEY. I have been unsuccessful so far though. Here is what I have for the AutoHotKey script. I have tried this and this and this And all those give me an error that basically says it cannot find th…

Error Output

PRINTSCREEN::Run, c:\windows\system32\SnippingTool.exe

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Fix for: Cannot get Windows snipping tool to auto run with AutoHotKey

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Are you running a 64-bit version of Windows 7 by any chance? Windows 7 (as well as Vista I believe) implements what is called WoW64 Filesystem Redirection. If this is the case, you'll want to point AHK to the Sysnative directory:

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