Month: January 2026

Autohotkey v1 script to block mouse scrolling on video sites.

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Works with Brave Browser which is a Chromium based browser.

https://www.autohotkey.com/download/1.1/AutoHotkey_1.1.37.02_setup.exe

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn  ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
Menu, Tray, Icon, yt.ico
; --- Configuration Area ---
#SingleInstance Force
SetTitleMatchMode, 2

ScrollLockActive := 1
BlockedURLPatterns := ["youtube.com/watch?v="
                    , "twitch.tv/"
                    , "netflix.com/watch"]

Pause::
    ScrollLockActive := !ScrollLockActive
    TrayTip, Scroll Lock, % "Site Lock: " . (ScrollLockActive ? "ON" : "OFF"), 2
return

#If (ScrollLockActive && IsOverBraveAndBlocked(BlockedURLPatterns))
    WheelUp::return
    WheelDown::return
#If

IsOverBraveAndBlocked(URLArray) {
    MouseGetPos,,, WindowIDUnderMouse
    
    WinGet, processName, ProcessName, ahk_id %WindowIDUnderMouse%
    if (processName != "brave.exe") {
        return false
    }

    currentURL := GetURL2("ahk_id " . WindowIDUnderMouse)
    for index, pattern in URLArray {
        if InStr(currentURL, pattern)
            return true
    }
    return false
}

GetURL2(wTitle*) {
    if !(wId := WinExist(wTitle*))
        return
    IUIAutomation := ComObjCreate("{ff48dba4-60ef-4201-aa87-54103eef594e}", "{30cbe57d-d9d0-452a-ab13-7ac5ac4825ee}")
    DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(IUIAutomation+0)+6*A_PtrSize), "ptr", IUIAutomation, "ptr", wId, "ptr*", elementMain)
    NumPut(addressbarStrPtr := DllCall("oleaut32\SysAllocString", "wstr", "Address and search bar", "ptr"),(VarSetCapacity(addressbar,8+2*A_PtrSize)+NumPut(8,addressbar,0,"short"))*0+&addressbar,8,"ptr")
    DllCall("oleaut32\SysFreeString", "ptr", addressbarStrPtr)
    if (A_PtrSize = 4)
        DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(IUIAutomation+0)+23*A_PtrSize), "ptr", IUIAutomation, "int", 30005, "int64", NumGet(addressbar, 0, "int64"), "int64", NumGet(addressbar, 8, "int64"), "ptr*", addressbarCondition)
    else
        DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(IUIAutomation+0)+23*A_PtrSize), "ptr", IUIAutomation, "int", 30005, "ptr", &addressbar, "ptr*", addressbarCondition)
    DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(elementMain+0)+5*A_PtrSize), "ptr", elementMain, "int", 0x4, "ptr", addressbarCondition, "ptr*", currentURLElement)
    DllCall(NumGet(NumGet(currentURLElement+0)+10*A_PtrSize),"ptr",currentURLElement,"uint",30045,"ptr",(VarSetCapacity(currentURL,8+2*A_PtrSize)+NumPut(0,currentURL,0,"short")+NumPut(0,currentURL,8,"ptr"))*0+&currentURL)
    ObjRelease(currentURLElement), ObjRelease(elementMain), ObjRelease(IUIAutomation)
    return StrGet(NumGet(currentURL,8,"ptr"),"utf-16")
}

What I had to do to get Cycling 74 Max 9 running on Linux CachyOS

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create a clean 64-bit prefix



WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=/home/sb/Games/max9 wineboot -u



WINEPREFIX=/home/sb/Games/max9 winetricks -q vcrun2022 corefonts gdiplus



WINEPREFIX=/home/sb/Games/max9 winetricks -q dxvk

Install Max:



WINEPREFIX=/home/sb/Games/max9 wine Max912_251211_07b9c4c.msi



Launch Max:



WINEPREFIX=/home/sb/Games/max9 \

__GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME=nvidia \

__EGL_VENDOR_LIBRARY_FILENAMES=/usr/share/glvnd/egl_vendor.d/10_nvidia.json \

wine "/home/sb/Games/max9/drive_c/Program Files/Cycling '74/Max 9/Max.exe"

create launcher script:



mkdir -p ~/bin

cat > ~/bin/max9.sh <<'EOF'

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -euo pipefail



# ---- Paths ----

export WINEPREFIX="/home/sb/Games/max9"

MAX_EXE="C:/Program Files/Cycling '74/Max 9/Max.exe"



# ---- NVIDIA GLVND/EGL selection ----

export __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME="nvidia"

export __EGL_VENDOR_LIBRARY_FILENAMES="/usr/share/glvnd/egl_vendor.d/10_nvidia.json"



# Optional: keep wine output cleaner

# export WINEDEBUG="-all"



# ---- Run ----

exec wine "$MAX_EXE"

EOF



chmod +x ~/bin/max9.sh

create .desktop file:



cat > ~/.local/share/applications/max9.desktop <<'EOF'

[Desktop Entry]

Type=Application

Name=Max 9 (Wine)

Comment=Cycling '74 Max 9 using Wine prefix /home/sb/Games/max9

Exec=/home/sb/bin/max9.sh

Icon=wine

Terminal=false

Categories=AudioVideo;Audio;Development;

StartupNotify=true

EOF



update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
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