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+;   _            _   _     _             _       _   _    
+;  | |_ _  _ _ _| |_| |___| |__  __ _ __| |_____| |_( )___
+;  |  _| || | '_|  _| / -_) '_ \/ _` (_-< / / -_)  _|/(_-<
+;   \__|\_,_|_|  \__|_\___|_.__/\__,_/__/_\_\___|\__| /__/
+;  | |_  ___| |_| |_____ _  _ ___                         
+;  | ' \/ _ \  _| / / -_) || (_-<                         
+;  |_||_\___/\__|_\_\___|\_, /__/                         
+;                        |__/                             
+
+; AHK boilerplate
+
+#NoEnv
+#Warn 
+SendMode Input  
+SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  
+
+; Window management
+
+#IfWinActive ; Minimize Window
+!-::WinMinimize, A
+#If
+
+; #IfWinActive ; Minimize All
+; !+-::WinMinimizeAll, A
+; #If
+
+#IfWinActive ; Toggle Maximization State
+!=::
+WinGet, winstate, MinMax, A
+If winstate = 0
+    WinMaximize, A
+Else
+    WinRestore, A
+return
+#If
+
+!^+c::
+Clipboard := ""
+MsgBox, Cleared clipboard.
+return
+
+#IfWinActive ; Close current window
+!q::WinClose, A
+
+
+; Restart explorer.exe
+!F2::Run, %comspec% /c taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe & explorer.exe
+
+
+; Application launchers (deprecated)
+
+; ^!t::Run, wt.exe ; Windows Terminal
+; ^!v::Run, gvim.bat ; gVim
+
+^!p:: ; Powershell as Administrator
+Run *RunAs powershell
+RunAs
+return
+
+; App-specific Conditional Window Switching
+
+FocusOrOpen(name, launchExec:=-1)
+{
+	WinGet cdWindows, List
+
+	found = False
+	Loop %cdWindows%
+	{
+		w := cdWindows%A_Index%
+		WinGet pn, ProcessName, ahk_id %w%
+		If (pn = name) {
+			WinActivate, ahk_id %w%
+			found = True
+			Return
+		}
+	}
+	If (launchExec = -1)
+		Run, %name%
+	Else
+		Run, %launchExec%
+}
+
+^!e::FocusOrOpen("gvim.exe", "gvim.bat")
+^!v::FocusOrOpen("code.exe", "code.cmd")
+^!t::FocusOrOpen("windowsterminal.exe", "wt.exe")
+^!o::FocusOrOpen("Obsidian.exe", "Obsidian")
+^!w::FocusOrOpen("brave.exe")
+