pyHook is a python wrapper for global input hooks in Windows. Specifically it wraps the Windows SetWindowsHookEx API function using low-level keyboard (WH_KEYBOARD_LL) and mouse (WH_MOUSE_LL) hooks.
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Move aim CS:GO Python 2.7
Trying to make a simple spray control script for cs:go (for educational purpose)
I'm using pyHook to activate a function that moves the mouse in a pattern.
It works great outside of cs:go for example in paint but only make the aim lagg for half a…

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Pyhook and pywin32 modules on 64 bit
I have been trying to install pyhook and pywin32 on my 64 bit windows 7 for python 3.5. I cannot seem to find the correct files, as any that i try either do not work, or work only on 32 bit. Does anyone have a link to recent versions that would work…

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Windows startup with pyw file doesn't close cmd
I've been working on a small script that's supposed to run in the background of my computer. I already have the script working and everything except one thing that hours of google searching and hunting have not found the answer to.
The file has a…

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I want to stop pythoncom working
I was writing a code about keylogging by pyHook. The following codes are example:
import pythoncom as pc, pyHook as ph
def KeyboardHook(event):
print chr(event.Ascii)
return True
hm = ph.HookManager()
hm.KeyDown =…

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Unable to install pyhook and pywin32
I'm tring to install pyhook and pywin32, but it can not find python 3.3 which I is installed (and so is 2.7) in the registry. Thats all it really tells me, I'm using Windows 7 with AMD64 bit CPU.

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Freeze when using tkinter + pyhook. Two event loops and multithreading
I am writing a tool in python 2.7 registering the amount of times the user pressed a keyboard or mouse button. The amount of clicks will be displayed in a small black box in the top left of the screen. The program registers clicks even when another…

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pyHook stops receiving Key press events (randomly)?
I have a program that captures all key presses using pyHook, then runs a few functions.
I notice that after a while (of random duration), the program was stop receiving key triggers, even though I am pressing keys?
Is pyHook unstable?
I'm not…

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pywinhook crashes tkinter window
I create a new thread and run the hook, but when I try to do something with the mouse or keyboard on the window, it does not respond and crashes, I've been trying for a long time, but I couldn't find a solution.
import threading
import pyWinhook as…
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Pyhook wait until keyup
I found this code on here somewhere and I would like to make it to stop printing until the key pressed is up again. I made it wait for a different key in order to print again but then if I had to type something like "Google" it would only print…

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Unable to install Pyhook Python 3.8.1
I'm trying to install Pyhook on Python 3.8.1via pip install Pyhook but I keep receiving this error message:
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pyhook (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for…

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Pyhook crashes when it tries to interpret the window name as ASCII
Context: I am developing a mouse and keyboard listener with PyHook.
Experience in python: Beginner
Python interpreter: 3.7
Problem: When I move the mouse over the header Google Chrome browser and the current website is Spotify, I am getting the…

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Python Does Not Detect Keystrokes When Some Windows Have Focus
I am trying to capture keystrokes sent to a MapleStory private server I created in order to train a neural network, but the below code does not detect any key strokes when the game window has focus. If any other window has focus, it works fine.
I…

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python: key combinations such óíúéáöïò with pyhook
I'm learning about pyhook as keylogger and coding some examples.
I dont know how to log key sequences like óíúö because the result thats something like this -> ´´i´´o
anyone knows how to solve this issue ?
thx you.

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How to disable/enable the ctrl+alt+delete combinations key using pyhook?
I have referred this link and disabled some of the combination keys but I am unable to disable ctrl+alt+del. Please let me know if it is possible to disable using pyhook or any other alternative solution using python code.

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pyHook library Pyhook.PumpWaitingMessages returns nothing
So, I've been trying to play with this a little, and I have this next bit of code
def KeyboardEvent(event):
global log
log.append(chr(event.Ascii))
print log
return True
hooks_manager = pyHook.HookManager()
hooks_manager.KeyDown =…

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