AutoHotkey

A way to uninstall AutoHotkey from your PC

This info is about AutoHotkey for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by AutoHotkey Foundation LLC. Further information on AutoHotkey Foundation LLC can be seen here. More information about AutoHotkey can be found at https://autohotkey.com. AutoHotkey is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey directory, regulated by the user's choice. C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe is the full command line if you want to remove AutoHotkey. AutoHotkey64.exe is the programs's main file and it takes approximately 1.22 MB (1278464 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are installed along with AutoHotkey. They occupy about 12.25 MB (12848320 bytes) on disk.

• Ahk2Exe.exe (972.00 KB)
• AutoHotkey64.exe (1.22 MB)
• AutoHotkeyA32.exe (775.50 KB)
• AutoHotkeyA32_UIA.exe (776.44 KB)
• AutoHotkeyU32.exe (893.00 KB)
• AutoHotkeyU32_UIA.exe (893.94 KB)
• AutoHotkeyU64.exe (1.26 MB)
• AutoHotkeyU64_UIA.exe (1.26 MB)
• AutoHotkey32.exe (955.00 KB)
• AutoHotkey32_UIA.exe (955.94 KB)
• AutoHotkey64_UIA.exe (1.22 MB)

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This info is about AutoHotkey version 2.0.17 only. You can find here a few links to other AutoHotkey versions:

• 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
• 2.0.9
• 2.0.18
• 2.1.16
• 2.0.1
• 2.1.1.140
• 2.0.7

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Part_A few of these are shown below.

Registry that is not uninstalled:

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

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• 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_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v1.1.37.02\AutoHotkeyU64.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\v1.1.37.02\AutoHotkeyU64.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Users\UserName\Downloads\AutoHotkey_2.0.17_setup.exe.FriendlyAppName

How to uninstall AutoHotkey from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

AutoHotkey is an application offered by AutoHotkey Foundation LLC. Some users want to remove it. Sometimes this can be hard because uninstalling this by hand takes some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK way 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 system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to take care of your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find AutoHotkey or simply activate the Search field and type in "AutoHotkey". If it exists on your system the AutoHotkey app will be found automatically. Notice that when you select AutoHotkey in the list , the following data regarding the application is made available to you:

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

For example you can see that for AutoHotkey:

• The publisher is: https://autohotkey.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\UX\AutoHotkeyUX.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall AutoHotkey.


8. After removing AutoHotkey, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong AutoHotkey which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing AutoHotkey with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall AutoHotkey by AutoHotkey Foundation LLC from your PC, nor are we saying that AutoHotkey by AutoHotkey Foundation LLC is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall AutoHotkey supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.