Automate THAT key press

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Apparently I can’t create topics in the guides section.

Here’s a snippet of code I execute to automate the “press any key” hurdle while starting the game.
It needs to be executed with AutoIT (https://www.autoitscript.com/), a well-known scripting language for automating all kinds of stuff.

----------- script starts here----------------------
#include <AutoItConstants.au3>

; Insert below whatever it says when you right click the MSFS shortcut on desktop and select Properties
ShellExecute(“steam://rungameid/1250410”)

; Loading time in milliseconds. Make sure that it includes a few extra seconds just in case.
Sleep(80000)

; Actual window title includes version number, i.e. Microsoft Flight Simulator - 1.7.12.0
; However this Command matches partial title from the start
WinActivate(“Microsoft Flight Simulator”)

; Press any key!
MouseClick($MOUSE_CLICK_LEFT)

----------- script ends here----------------------

I wasn’t able to get it to work through sending keyboard keystrokes, neither through Powershell nor through Autoit. But emulating mouse clicks seems to work.

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Thanks for the idea - I tried multiple formats for the Microsoft game pass version with no luck.

Anyone got it to work?

Edit:

For now I am using this and setting it to click once every 10 seconds for 10 times

https://www.opautoclicker.com/