AutoHotkey

A guide to uninstall AutoHotkey from your PC

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall AutoHotkey for Windows. It was created for Windows by AutoHotkey Foundation LLC. You can read more on AutoHotkey Foundation LLC or check for application updates here. Click on https://autohotkey.com to get more facts about AutoHotkey on AutoHotkey Foundation LLC's website. AutoHotkey is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. The full command line for removing AutoHotkey is C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might be prompted for administrator rights. AutoHotkey64.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 1.22 MB (1278976 bytes) on disk.

AutoHotkey installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 12.24 MB (12834768 bytes) on disk.

• Ahk2Exe.exe (956.50 KB)
• AutoHotkey64.exe (1.22 MB)
• AutoHotkeyA32.exe (772.50 KB)
• AutoHotkeyA32_UIA.exe (773.39 KB)
• AutoHotkeyU32.exe (889.00 KB)
• AutoHotkeyU32_UIA.exe (889.89 KB)
• AutoHotkeyU64.exe (1.25 MB)
• AutoHotkeyU64_UIA.exe (1.25 MB)
• AutoHotkey32.exe (968.00 KB)
• AutoHotkey32_UIA.exe (968.89 KB)
• AutoHotkey64_UIA.exe (1.22 MB)

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This info is about AutoHotkey version 2.0.9 alone. For other AutoHotkey versions please click below:

• 2.0.2
• 2.0.8
• 2.1.1
• 2.0.14
• 2.0.13
• 2.0.0
• 2.0.10
• 2.0.4
• 2.0.11
• 2.0.12
• 2.0.19
• 2.0.3
• 2.1.14
• 2.0.16
• 2.0.6
• 2.0.5
• 2.0.15
• 2.0.18
• 2.1.16
• 2.0.17
• 2.0.1
• 2.1.1.140
• 2.0.7

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AutoHotkey has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey

The files below remain on your disk by AutoHotkey's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\license.txt
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\bounce-v1.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\CommandLineToArgs.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\common.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\config.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\CreateAppShortcut.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\EnableUIAccess.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\GetGitHubReleaseAssetURL.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\HashFile.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\identify.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\identify_regex.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\launcher-common.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\README.txt
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\ShellRun.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\spy.ico
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\inc\ui-base.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\install.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\install-ahk2exe.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\installed-files.csv
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\install-version.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\launcher.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\reload-v1.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\reset-assoc.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\Templates\Minimal for v2.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-dash.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-editor.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-launcherconfig.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-newscript.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-setup.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\ui-uninstall.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\WindowSpy.ahk
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey.chm
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey.exe
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey32.exe
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey32_UIA.exe
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey64.exe
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v2\AutoHotkey64_UIA.exe
• C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\WindowSpy.ahk
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\AutoHotkey_AutoHotkey
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache\100\AutoHotkey_WindowSpy

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\AutoHotkey
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\AutoHotkey

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2055195603-2795311515-3303005943-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-2055195603-2795311515-3303005943-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume4\2 ПРОГРАММЫ\ПРГ\ПЛЮШКИ НА ВИНДОВС\podsverka_kursora\AutoHotkey_2.0.9_setup.exe

How to remove AutoHotkey from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

AutoHotkey is an application released by AutoHotkey Foundation LLC. Some people want to remove this program. This is efortful because performing this manually requires some experience related to PCs. One of the best SIMPLE practice to remove AutoHotkey is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate AutoHotkey or simply click the Search field and type in "AutoHotkey". The AutoHotkey program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click AutoHotkey in the list of applications, some information about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about AutoHotkey, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for AutoHotkey:

• The web site of the application is: https://autohotkey.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove AutoHotkey.


8. After uninstalling AutoHotkey, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong AutoHotkey that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling AutoHotkey using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall AutoHotkey by AutoHotkey Foundation LLC from your computer, nor are we saying that AutoHotkey by AutoHotkey Foundation LLC is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall AutoHotkey in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.