SeanMay

Yup, sorry for the confusion - Ctrl+Shift+Esc brings up the Task Manager. Not sure why my brain confused the two since I've been using Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open the task manager for like 13 years, but there you have it... Ctrl+Alt+Esc appears to just minimize whatever the active window is, which is effectively the same thing as Alt+Esc. Either way though, at least now I know why my test AutoIT scripts weren't working the way I thought they would. Oi. So, even though the problem might be solved by that simple clarification, the application we're interacting with is called NetSupport. For the purposes of this thread that wasn't really relevant. We had already been in contact with them to see what keystrokes we might be able to use to leverage their built-in "Send Ctrl+Alt+Del" button/menu option, and Ctrl+Alt+Esc was what they gave us. Thanks for the input!

Hi folks, Ctrl+Alt+Esc should bring up the task manager. If you're seeing behavior resulting in a minimized application, you're probably pressing Alt+Esc, or the Ctrl isn't being recognized, which is what happens to me when I try and use ^!{ESC}. In my case, a customer is opening a 3rd party remote control application (think VNC), but sometimes the Ctrl+Alt+Del screen is presented when the machine isn't already logged on. Ctrl+Alt+Esc is the keyboard shortcut to "send" a Ctrl+Alt+Del through the app according to the makers of the app. I find it a bit odd that they didn't choose some other unused combination of keys to trigger that action within their software, but that's another story. So, we're definitely not looking to minimize a screen, and we're definitely not trying to pass a Ctrl+Alt+Del. Thanks everyone for your replies (even those that thought this was about Ctrl+Alt+Del ).

Update: Send("^!{ESC}") did indeed work as expected, and the correct shortcut was utilized within the application we were interacting with. This thread wouldn't even have been necessary if I had realized I was mistakenly confusing the expected functionality of Ctrl+Alt+Esc with Ctrl+Shift+Esc... /facepalm. Hi folks, I understand that sending a Ctrl+Alt+Del through AutoIT isn't possible, but what about Ctrl+Alt+Esc? I've tried the following with no luck: Send("^!{ESC}") Send("{CTRLDOWN}") Send("{ALTDOWN}") Send("{ESC}") Sleep(1000) Send("{CTRLUP}{ALTUP}") Send("{CTRLDOWN}{ALTDOWN}{ESC}") The first scenario seemed like it was the most direct method, however it basically ignores the Ctrl and just does an Alt+Esc. Any clarification on what I might be doing wrong, or confirmation that there's no way to get this to work, would be greatly appreciated.