Ask HN: What automator scripts have you written to make your life easier?

Not sure what fits the bill here but I'm proud to have a Windows XP Minecraft server that starts on power-on and shuts down on /stop. Thanks, Batch.

Also not much of a script but in XMouse I've mapped my two side buttons on my Logitech M510 to: - close and reopen tabs (Firefox/Chrome/Edge) - undo/redo (image and video editing) - the grenade and knife button (any FPS) - back and next (file explorers) and a lot more.

I mapped CMD-G to copy the full path of whatever I have highlighted in a finder window.

So if I am using the terminal and I want to give the full path to a file or folder I use this and then paste it into the finder.

I made some autohotkey scripts to open/log in to VM's through putty. Instead of opening/logging in to 10+ windows I can just hit a few keys. I still think the workflow is a flawed one but it's good enough.

I code a google apps script to send me a text message every time I receive an email from specific address.

My PC cycles through the different symbols in my stock trading account.

It turns on at 7 am and turns off at 4:30.

All my applications launch and fill up the screens automatically using AHK.