Any way to add as a mouse macro "Toggle Mobile Hotspot"?


  1. Posts : 199
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    Any way to add as a mouse macro "Toggle Mobile Hotspot"?


    Hi, I was trying to find a way to make the Mobile Hotspot toggle in Action Center's Quick Actions something like a shortcut to be able to assign that toggle to a macro in my mouse.

    This toggle:
    Any way to add as a mouse macro "Toggle Mobile Hotspot"?-image.png

    However I have no clue how to do it. Actually a toggle would be nice (press to change the state from ON to OFF and from OFF to ON), but I can also live with a simply TURN ON action, that if Mobile Hotspot is OFF it turns it ON, and if it's ON it does nothing.

    For assigning the macro I am using a Logitech G502 Hero mouse with its software Logitech G Hub, but first I have to transform that toggle into exe or something like that.
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    I find a left-click on the Notification Area icon [by the calendar] then a click on the Hotspot icon to turn On or a click to turn Off doesn't take long. But then I haven't been aware over the years that mice could do Macros, did get shown the 3-button mouse did different things in drafting programs such as drawings for bridges, AutoCad, etc., back in the mid '90s.
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  3. Posts : 199
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    Berton said:
    I find a left-click on the Notification Area icon [by the calendar] then a click on the Hotspot icon to turn On or a click to turn Off doesn't take long. But then I haven't been aware over the years that mice could do Macros, did get shown the 3-button mouse did different things in drafting programs such as drawings for bridges, AutoCad, etc., back in the mid '90s.
    Any way to add as a mouse macro "Toggle Mobile Hotspot"?-image.png
    Yeah, but if you had a G502 mouse, or any mouse with a lot of buttons, you would understand how fantastic it is to assign actions you do every day to one button. Besides, Mobile Hotspot has this bug since FOREVER that it will automatically turn off itself when you first activate it after a few minutes. No matter what you do, it just deactivates itself. The second time, it stays forever until you turn off the PC or restart.
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  4. Posts : 199
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    Somebody?
    I'm sure there's a path to trigger this toggle...
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  5. Posts : 304
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    rambomhtri said:
    Somebody?
    I'm sure there's a path to trigger this toggle...
    Hey, I have had a look and this might be of use?
    https://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/...er%20Guide.pdf

    Then there's this I found about making shortcuts, this one is for the wifi in general, but there must be one for the hotspot.
    How to Turn Wi-Fi On or Off With a Keyboard or Desktop Shortcut in Windows

    The mouse one can be set to open / trigger things.

    It seems a lot of work for something simple, but, the amount of work I have put in to change something simple in Win 10 in the past is a little crazy.

    p.s. that first mouse one might have an option for the hotspot also.

    - - - Updated - - -

    Me again, also this as an option: Automatically turn on Mobile Hotspot on windows startup

    This has some automated things for hotspot, my thoughts, set it to start hotspot on boot. As you say, it will turn off, let it. Then you can switch it back on and it will stay on.
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