Wednesday, February 2, 2011

AutoHotKey and Synergy can act strangely together

So, I have my desktop and laptop connected with Synergy, with my desktop as the server.

If you don't know what synergy is, and you have multiple computers, visit http://synergy-foss.org/.  Synergy is basically a way to move 1 mouse and keyboard onto other computers connected through a network.  Very handy tool.
On my desktop, I have it set so that when I press the Scroll Lock key, it plays my music folder, since I never use that key otherwise.
When I press scroll lock while the mouse is on the other screen, music starts playing, which is fine.  The problem, is that the mouse gets stuck on the other screen - it gets walled it on my laptop.  It is easily fixable by stopping Synergy, but other than that, it seems impossible.  It is a very unique situation, of having the mouse unable to access the computer it's connected to.  It's not a major problem, but I found it to be a humorous glitch worth sharing.

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