Change print-screen key action

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stu2000

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Hello all,
Is it possible to set the print screen button to run an application/command rather than its current action of capturing desktop and putting the image data in the clipboard?

Stu
 

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What you want to do would be extremely easy in AHK. See the script below:

Code: 
PrintScreen::
  run, notepad.exe ; change notepad to whatever program you want
return

When you run the program it sits in the task tray. As soon as you close it, the normal PrintScreen function returns.
 

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