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Asked: 2026-06-13T00:44:22+00:00

I would like to activate sticky keys by pressing 1 button, instead of pressing

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I would like to activate sticky keys by pressing 1 button, instead of pressing shift 5 times, which is the default way.

If I were to do

F9::Send {LShift 5}

pressing F9 will yield nothing.

I also tried

F9::
Send {LShift}
sleep 50
Send {LShift}
sleep 50
Send {LShift}
sleep 50
Send {LShift}
sleep 50
Send {LShift}
sleep 50
return

Are there any reasons as to why it’s not working?

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    SPI_GETSTICKYKEYS:=0x003A
SPI_SETSTICKYKEYS:=0x003B
SKF_STICKYKEYSON:=0x1

VarSetCapacity(STICKYKEYS,8) ; DWORD cbSize;DWORD dwFlags;
NumPut(8,&STICKYKEYS,"UInt")
F9::
  DllCall("SystemParametersInfo","UInt",SPI_GETSTICKYKEYS,"UInt",8,"PTR",&STICKYKEYS,"UInt",0)
  dwFlags:=NumGet(&STICKYKEYS,4,"Uint")
  If (dwFlags & SKF_STICKYKEYSON)
    dwFlags-=SKF_STICKYKEYSON
  else dwFlags|=SKF_STICKYKEYSON
  ToolTip % "STICKYKEYS are " (dwFlags & SKF_STICKYKEYSON ? "ON" : "OFF")
  SetTimer,ToolTipOff,-1000
  NumPut(dwFlags,&STICKYKEYS,4,"UInt")
  DllCall("SystemParametersInfo","UInt",SPI_SETSTICKYKEYS,"UInt",8,"PTR",&STICKYKEYS,"UInt",0)
Return
ToolTipOff:

    The code is from the Autohotkey forums at http://www.autohotkey.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=93650

    A note for anyone wanting to use the code: I think you have to put it at the top of your script for it to work. In my script of hotkeys, placing it in the middle, and pressing F9 to activate sticky keys caused some weird things to happen: The cursor jumped around, some folders were launched, the script exited, etc. I’m guessing that it activated other hotkeys nearby?

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