AutoRun

A windows program which adds autorunning (or automatic key holding of any kind) universally to all games. To use it, just hold down the keys you would like to stay pressed and then press the PAUSE key. You can now take your hand off the keyboard, and the keys will remain pressed until you press a key on the keyboard again.

How it works

AutoRun monitors the status of the keyboard using a low level keyboard hook. When the hotkey PAUSE/BREAK is pressed, it takes all currently held keys (listed in src/vkarray.cpp) and holds them down. Keys are then released when any key is pressed on the keyboard.

Building

Dependencies

• Visual Studios C/C++ (recommended 2015 or above)
• CMake 3.1 or newer
• Git

Build process

1. Clone the source

   git clone https://github.com/divisionind/AutoRun.git
   cd AutoRun
   

2. Generate the build files with CMake
   • Release: cmake . -DRELEASE_BUILD=1
   • Debug: cmake . -DRELEASE_BUILD=0 or cmake .
   • NOTE: You can specify the -G option to cmake to choose a specific compiler. See cmake -h for a list of compilers installed on your system.
3. Open the build files
   • For visual studios this will be the AutoRun.sln file.
   • Ensure you have Debug or Release selected in the editor as appropriate then go to the menu bar and select Build->Rebuild Solution
4. The executable will be located in [Release or Debug]/AutoRun.exe
5. If you would like AutoRun to start automatically when you start Windows, create a shortcut to the program and place it in %appdata%/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startup

Other notes

My main reason for writing this was to explore low level inputs on Windows so how I do stuff here is not the best or easiest in all cases but instead its in service of that original idea.

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