Sendkeys from command prompt

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Is there a way to use sendkeys (or something equivalent) from (not to) the command prompt?

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '15 at 12:07

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Here is a one line solution: This line will type "Testing 123" and then hit Enter.

echo >script.vbs set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell"):shell.SendKeys "Testing 123{ENTER}" & script.vbs

answered Jun 14 '15 at 12:07

Michael Haephrati

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score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited May 04 '23 at 01:57

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You can use vbscript. For example, this script will mute the speakers.

set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
shell.run"Sndvol"
WScript.Sleep 1500
shell.SendKeys"{TAB}"
shell.SendKeys" "
shell.SendKeys"%{F4}"

You launch it from the console with

cscript mute.vbs

edited May 04 '23 at 01:57

sideshowbarker

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answered Mar 14 '12 at 21:18

RealHowTo

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I'm using : `Dim WshShell: Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WshShell.SendKeys WScript.Arguments(0)` – Eugene Mar 15 '12 at 18:21

Garric · Answer 3 · 2020-05-27T11:21:00.717

Without creating temporary files. The 'loop' was shown only so that you could open a notebook for output. Remove it after.

    @echo off
        :loop
            ::------------begin main code------------
            set command=new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell').SendKeys('WoW{ENTER}{ENTER}');
            for /f "delims=" %%i in ('mshta "javascript:%command%close(new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject'));"') do set "var=%%i"
            ::-------------end main code-------------
            timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul
        goto :loop

Sendkeys from command prompt

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