Hotkey for next song in Spotify

Question

After March 2015 upgrade of Spotify the below hotkey no longer works to get next song in Spotify:

; Spotify next track
<^>!p::
DetectHiddenWindows, On 
ControlSend, ahk_parent, ^{Right}, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow
DetectHiddenWindows, Off 
Return 

The SpotifyMainWindow" appears to be the same when checking with spy, and Ctrl-Right also still works for next song in Spotify, but the hotkey don't.

How to make a hotkey for next song in the upgraded Spotify?

Answer 1

I managed to make it work using multimedia keycodes. Here's my script:

; "CTRL + LEFT"  for previous 
^Left::Media_Prev


; "CTRL + RIGHT"  for next 
^Right::Media_Next


; "CTRL + SPACE"  for pause
^Space::Media_Play_Pause

It's working like a charm now.

Answer 2

For Windows 8 Users, I modified the previous script to one that will work for your OS! Will change to Previous song, Pause/Play, Next song

; "CTRL + LEFT"  for previous 
^Left::Send {Media_Prev}


; "CTRL + RIGHT"  for next 
^Right::Send {Media_Next}


; "CTRL + SPACE"  for pause
^Space::Media_Play_Pause

Answer 3

A work around in the mean time is to bring the Spotify window to the front, send it a space and then minimise it again.

You may want to stop it minimising according to your own preference

Re-edit - got it working for skipping tracks as well, it's a bit hacky and may not work if you have UAC enabled (according to the docs) , YMMV. Works for me though

ScrollLock::
{
 DetectHiddenWindows, On
 WinActivate, ahk_class  SpotifyMainWindow
 SendInput, , ^{Right}, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow
 Sleep, 100
 ControlSend, , {Space}, ahk_class  SpotifyMainWindow
 DetectHiddenWindows, Off
 WinMinimize, ahk_class  SpotifyMainWindow
 return
}


PrintScreen::
{
 DetectHiddenWindows, On
 WinActivate, ahk_class  SpotifyMainWindow
 SendInput, , ^{Left}, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow
 Sleep, 100
 ControlSend, , {Space}, ahk_class  SpotifyMainWindow
 DetectHiddenWindows, Off
 WinMinimize, ahk_class  SpotifyMainWindow
 return
}

Pause::
{
 DetectHiddenWindows, On
 WinActivate, ahk_class  SpotifyMainWindow
 ControlSend, , {Space}, ahk_class  SpotifyMainWindow
 DetectHiddenWindows, Off
 WinMinimize, ahk_class  SpotifyMainWindow
 return
}