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« on: March 31, 2012, 08:21:35 PM »
Is there a way to open notepad and make the notepad window "always on top" in one click?
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« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2012, 08:35:45 PM »
if you're familiar with Autohotkey, then the following would be able to do what you want.

Formatted for Autohotkey with the GeSHI Syntax Highlighter [copy or print]
  1. Run, notepad.exe
  2. WinWaitActive, Untitled - Notepad
  3.   If (ErrorLevel <> 0)
  4.     	WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, On 	; set to always-on-top.
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« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2012, 08:44:44 PM »
Thanks for the quick response and I do have autohotkey installed.  However, when I ran the script, the notepad window appeared but it didn't stay on top Sad  Of course I may have done something wrong.. (By the way, I am running Chinese Windows XP)
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« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2012, 09:27:04 PM »
It's not "one click" but you can toggle the Topmost attribute of most application windows using Topmost Toggle. Run it. It sits in the task tray. Control Right Click on the Notepad caption bar when it has the focus. (If it's not the active window just left click on it to make it active first.)

You can download here:
http://www.favessoft.com/hotkeys.html
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« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2012, 10:40:22 PM »
Quote from: honwahp on March 31, 2012, 08:44:44 PM
Thanks for the quick response and I do have autohotkey installed.  However, when I ran the script, the notepad window appeared but it didn't stay on top Sad  Of course I may have done something wrong.. (By the way, I am running Chinese Windows XP)

i'm not sure what is the title of notepad in chinese winxp but try this.

Formatted for Autohotkey with the GeSHI Syntax Highlighter [copy or print]
  1. Run, notepad.exe
  2. WinWaitActive, ahk_class Notepad
  3.   If (ErrorLevel != ERROR)
  4.     	WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, On 	; set to always-on-top.
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« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2012, 11:51:42 PM »
lanux128 : Excellent!  It works now.   Many thanks to you.

MilesAhead: Thank you also for your reply.  Your method also works.
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