Made by KindaOK as a solution for school Surface laptops failing to display a low battery indicator. Settings regarding basic functionality can be modified in the included config file.
Thanks to David Deley for making his work on a similar task available to use. Also thanks to the people on the forums who answered these questions for other people:
https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/37345-batterydeley-low-laptop-battery-alert/ https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/7022-acbattery-status/
- Open the configuration file and edit the settings as desired.
- Run the .exe application file.
- And you are done!
- If you would like to modify the code and have AHK installed, the file is left there.
- Otherewise, the file can be deleted.
v1.5 Cleaned up some code and changed the text on the tray icon. Also added charging detection and made the readme more clear. (8/12/18)
v1.4 Added the time remaining to the tray icon and cleaned up some code. (Completed 3/22/18, Compiled 6/19/18)
v1.3 Added in the option to change the name of the user and added the time remaining to the message box. Minor tweaks to other parts. (3/12/18)
v1.2 Minor changes and cleaning up the README. (3/8/18)
v1.1 The option to disable the warning sound and add the process to startup was added. Some debugging artifacts were removed. (3/8/18)
v1.0 Initial Release. (3/8/18)