Since Rainmeter bangs are designed to be executed via the command line, you could try creating a batch file, creating a shortcut to it, and assigning a hotkey to it in the shortcut's Properties window. I've never had any luck with it because it always starts a new Rainmeter instance for me, but there could be something strange with my configuration.paulhdunlap wrote: ↑August 19th, 2020, 5:08 pm I am trying to use nircmd in rainmeter to get a menu system to work.
I have win 10.
NEXTstart is being used to create specialized menus. NEXTstart is set to show a menu at my mouse location when a certain shortcut key combo is pressed. I have been able to use nircmd to activate the desktop manager, but for some reason when I try to activate a different menu using the shortcut keys created in NEXTstart it doesn't work.
I have tried the NEXTstart keyboard shortcuts obviously and it works as promised when I activate them using the keyboard.
here is the ini code:
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[Rainmeter] Update=1000 Author=yhon1 [MeterApps] [App1] Meter=String MeterStyle=TitleStyle StringStyle=Bold FontFace=calibri FontColor=f2f2f2 FontSize=16 AntiAlias=1 FontEffectColor=0,0,0 Text=Finder X=52 Y=2 MouseActionCursor=1 [Square1] Meter=Image SolidColor=0,0,0,1 H=23 w=63 x=52 y=0 LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["nircmd.exe" sendkeypress ctrl+9] [App2] Meter=String MeterStyle=TitleStyle FontFace=Calibri FontColor=f2f2f2 FontSize=15 AntiAlias=1 Text=File x=6R y=2 [Square2] Meter=Image SolidColor=0,0,0,1 H=23 w=28 x=124 y=0 [App3] Meter=String MeterStyle=TitleStyle Text=View FontFace=Calibri FontColor=f2f2f2 FontSize=15 AntiAlias=1 x=8R y=2 MouseActionCursor=1 [Square3] Meter=Image SolidColor=0,0,0,1 H=23 w=38 x=164 y=0 LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["nircmd.exe" sendkeypress ctrl+shift+n] [App4] Meter=String MeterStyle=TitleStyle Text=Go FontFace=Calibri FontColor=f2f2f2 FontSize=15 AntiAlias=1 x=8R y=2 [Square4] Meter=Image SolidColor=0,0,0,1 H=23 w=20 x=213 y=0 LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["nircmd.exe" sendkeypress alt+a] [app5] Meter=STRING MeterStyle=TitleStyle Text=Window FontColor=f2f2f2 FontFace=calibri FontSize=15 AntiAlias=1 X=10R Y=2 [Square5] Meter=Image SolidColor=0,0,0,1 H=23 w=75A x=245 y=0 LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["nircmd.exe" sendkeypress lwin+tab] [app6] Meter=STRING MeterStyle=TitleStyle Text=Help FontColor=f2f2f2 FontFace=calibri FontSize=15 AntiAlias=1 X=10R Y=2 MouseActionCursor=1 [Square6] Meter=Image SolidColor=0,0,0,1 H=23 w=38 x=332 y=0 LeftMouseDownAction=!Execute [winver]works great, but the other ones don't.Code: Select all
LeftMouseUpAction=!Execute ["nircmd.exe" sendkeypress lwin+tab]
any thoughts are appreciated.
If no one else can come up with a better solution, you can use this programme that I created. It's available for download here. It can be used to perform any Rainmeter bang, which in your instance would be the!RefreshApp bang. I use it to show/hide skins through hotkeys, but it can also be used to run any Rainmeter bang, which in your case would be the!RefreshApp bang.