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Simulate a keyboard shortcut in batch

souwari Posted messages 38 Status Member -  
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Hi,

I want to simulate a keyboard shortcut. With the help of a batch script for example. It’s to launch a shortcut on the desktop that itself is triggered by a keyboard shortcut.

Since I can’t launch this shortcut in batch, I came up with this idea.

How does it work?

Thank you.

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    bricomachin Posted messages 245 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   134
     
    Hi,

    So two possibilities:

    To launch a shortcut using a batch file, you need to do it like this: 
    @echo off start shortcut.lnk
    It's the .lnk that matters. This way, Windows knows it's a shortcut file you're trying to launch. lnk is short for link. However, no spaces in the name, sorry ^^.

    Otherwise, you can create a .vbs file that will contain a SendKeys instruction. I'm not a pro in vbs so check the (slim) documentation on MSDN: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.sendkeys?redirectedfrom=MSDN&view=netframework-4.8#Y0
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