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How to use special characters in Autohotkey script

I need help on setting up the password with %#@!!.

I tried few things referring to the earlier posts here but the script gives me an error:

Error: This line does not contain a recognized action.

I am using Autohotkey version 1.1.34.03.

Solution

  • When the Send command or Hotstrings are used in their default (non-raw) mode, characters such as {}^!+# have special meaning. To use them literally in these cases, enclose them in braces.

    Other characters such as %;` must be escaped.

    For example:

    Send `%{^}{!}{{}

    or use the raw mode

    Send {Raw}`%!{

    or the Text mode (recommended):

    Send {Text}`%!{

    See Escape Sequences.