Overwriting Windows keyboard shortcuts with AHK

I was looking for an easy way to put my screen on sleep mode when I locked my laptop using WINDOWS - L, and also to mute the music player (in my case, foobar2000 or spotify)

By using AutoHotKeys, you can tweak your Windows keyboard shortcuts and make the most of them.

This is how I made it:

;###########################################################################
; LOCK WINDOWS & STOP FOOBAR || SPOTIFY & POWER OFF SCREEN (WIN - L) 
;###########################################################################

#l::
Run,%A_WinDir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll`,LockWorkStation
Sleep 1500
SendMessage 0x112, 0xF170, 2,,Program Manager
Process, Exist, foobar2000.exe
If (ErrorLevel <> 0) ; If it is not running
{
Run "C:\Program Files\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe" /stop
}
Process, Exist, spotify.exe

If (ErrorLevel <> 0) ; If it is not running
{
DetectHiddenWindows, On
WinGetTitle, spotifyTitle, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow
spotifyTitleLength := StrLen(spotifyTitle)
spotifyActive := InStr(currentTitle, "Spotify") 
spotifyPlaying := spotifyTitleLength > 7
if spotifyPlaying {
ControlSend, ahk_parent, {Space}, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow
}
DetectHiddenWindows, Off
}

return

Working like a charm for me ;)

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