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How to make Windows custom keyboard shortcut launch new program instance every time it is invoked?

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Mar 15, 20265041 views
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I know I can create custom keyboard shortcuts in Windows (7 and XP, at least) by creating a new shortcut to a program, navigating to Properties on the file shortcut, and setting the "Shortcut Key" field. Strangely, however, when this keyboard shortcut is invoked, it does not always spawn a new inst…

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I seem to be the AutoHotkey ambassador here on Superuser. Here is a simple script to launch a new process each time: is the keyboard shortcut; e.g. Windows+N. opens an external program; e.g. ends the current thread/script.

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