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Course · II — Windows

Automation

Automate repetitive Windows tasks with macros, scripts, and launchers.

Full-course lesson II — Windows

Preview

The classic mistake is trying to automate what looks impressive instead of what is genuinely costly. Good automation does not start with a tool. It starts with a clear source of friction.

Start by looking for tasks that have several of these traits: - they happen often - they usually follow the same steps - they consume attention more than judgment - they create errors when you do them tired or too fast - they feel like work even though you are mostly executing a routine

The best quick gains are often simple: - opening the same apps every morning - inserting the same replies or message structures - renaming files according to a recurring pattern - extracting the same fields from emails or PDFs - moving through the same sequence of screens to complete an action

In the full lesson

  1. 1 How to spot good automation opportunities
  2. 2 Macro recorders
  3. 3 AutoHotkey: automation without limits
  4. 4 Snippet managers: reuse text instead of retyping it
  5. 5 Browser automation
  6. 6 Application launchers
  7. 7 Launch programs at startup
  8. 8 Chopping a task: from list to first action

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