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Asked: 2026-05-15T14:12:44+00:00

I’m trying to use Autohotkey to create a script that will Mute the computer’s

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I’m trying to use Autohotkey to create a script that will Mute the computer’s speakers for a number of seconds. This is useful for watching television online — when it comes to a commerical, it will give a message saying ‘programming will resume in XX seconds’. If it says 30 seconds, then I would like to hit Windows-KeyPad3 to indicate to mute the speakers for 30 seconds, then automatically unmute.

My Main autohotkey.ahk script:

#Numpad1::RUN mute10.ahk
#Numpad2::RUN mute20.ahk
#Numpad3::RUN mute30.ahk
#Numpad4::RUN mute40.ahk
#Numpad5::RUN mute50.ahk
#Numpad6::RUN mute60.ahk
#Numpad7::RUN mute70.ahk
#Numpad8::RUN mute80.ahk
#Numpad9::RUN mute90.ahk

And my mute10.ahk script:

SoundSet, 1, , mute  
pause 10000
SoundSet, 0, , mute

But for some reason the pause command doesn’t seem to be right. There must be another correct command, but I can’t seem to find it in the docs

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  1. Editorial Team

    Use sleep instead of pause:

    sleep 10000
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