Autohotkey (AHK) windows scripts are ignored for steam games

[Mark Montecalvo]

I cannot see any evidence that the auto hotkey script for windows platforms runs when launching a steam game. The specific ones for emulators run fine. I am using a simple script: IfExist, c:\htpc\soundto7ch.exe RunWait, c:\htpc\soundto7ch.exe

The same script runs fine for an emulator. I have also tested with a simple "msgbox alive" which also does not run. The script also runs fine when launching a non-steam game. Tested in both launchbox and bigbox.

This should be easy to reproduce: - Edit windows platform ahk script to "msgbox asdf" - Add a steam game and something else non steam - Launch steam game and see no messagebox - Launch non-steam windows game and see messagebox

[Chris Z]

@jasondavidcarr Yes yes yes to this - having the ability to set an ahk to run on Steam games would be excellent. To be honest it may as well be its own category under tools ("Edit AutoHotKey Script for Steam games") as there's a good chance folk will want to differentiate between a normal Windows game and a Steam game.

[Chris Z]

Currently I run an ahk script as an Additional App alongside Steam games, but each needs to be configured manually and it's a bit of a pain. It's also difficult to know if I've missed any games as you have to go into each game and check (there are no bulk options I'm aware of to do this)

[CrocketRauncher]

I just put in a similar feature request to this and didn’t see it in my search. I see it’s been assigned to Jason but it’s been active for 5 years now.

@Jason Carr Is there an update on this by chance? It’d be great to have! IMO this is a massive issue for Steam imports.

[Retro808]

Issue #6643 was marked as a duplicate of this issue.

[Retro808]

There has been no update to this. It was assigned to Jason by himself since he is the Dev. We have had a few requests for this but it has not garnered many votes to push it higher up the development ladder.