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August 19, 2025 06:20
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AutoHotkey script to automatically remove backgrounds from many images with Microsoft Paint on Windows 11
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| #Requires AutoHotkey v2.0 | |
| ; Copyright (c) 2025 pixelomer | |
| ; All Rights Reserved. | |
| Source := "C:\path\to\original\images\*.jpg" | |
| Target := "C:\path\to\output\folder" | |
| Loop Files, Source | |
| { | |
| ; Determine output path | |
| SavePath := Target "\" A_LoopFileName | |
| SavePath := SubStr(SavePath, 1, -StrLen(A_LoopFileExt)-1) ".png" | |
| if FileExist(SavePath) | |
| { | |
| ; Don't overwrite existing images | |
| continue | |
| } | |
| ; Launch Paint | |
| Run("mspaint.exe `"" A_LoopFileFullPath "`"") | |
| Sleep(1000) | |
| WinActivate("ahk_exe mspaint.exe") | |
| ; Copilot menu | |
| Send("{LAlt}C") | |
| Sleep(200) | |
| ; Remove background (Copilot) | |
| Send("{LAlt}B") | |
| Sleep(1000) | |
| ; Hide background for transparency | |
| Send("{Ctrl down}{LShift down}H{Ctrl up}{LShift up}") | |
| Sleep(200) | |
| ; Save as PNG | |
| Send("{LAlt}F") | |
| Sleep(200) | |
| Send("A") | |
| Sleep(200) | |
| Send("P") | |
| Sleep(1000) | |
| ; Respond to save dialog | |
| Send("{Text}" SavePath "`n") | |
| Sleep(1000) | |
| ; Close Paint | |
| Send("{LAlt down}{F4 down}{F4 up}{LAlt up}") | |
| Sleep(500) | |
| } |
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