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Created August 21, 2018 08:14
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This autohotkey script opens randomly any file from a folder.
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Random_File_Open.ahk
;This is not my original script. I took from sevral places (please see links below) and combined it in one script.
;https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/10394-run-some-random-file-jpg-present-in-a-list/
Loop, D:*.pptx
{
Filenames .= A_LoopFileFullPath . "`n"
}
FileAppend, %Filenames% , D:\ravi1.txt
Loop, Read, D:\ravi1.txt
LineCnt++
Random, LineNum, 1, %LineCnt%
FileReadLine, RandomFileToOpen, D:\ravi1.txt, %LineNum%
Run, %RandomFileToOpen%
exit
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