This is a tiny thing, but it makes me so happy.

This is a tiny thing, but it makes me so happy. On my Mac, I have a nice play/pause button that controls iTunes whether it’s foreground or not. I lacked that on Windows until I came across this solution (cribbed together from many partial solutions).

* Install AutoHotkey (free, open-source, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoHotkey)

* Add a shortcut to it in Startup

* Run it, and replace the default script with the following

* Right-click, Reload Script

Then the “Pause/Break” button acts as play/pause for iTunes. It’s nicer than Mac because it has near zero latency, unlike Mac where it can take up to 5 seconds to take effect…

#SingleInstance force

DetectHiddenWindows, on

Pause::

   DetectHiddenWindows,On

   ControlSend, ahk_parent, {space}, iTunes ahk_class iTunes 

return

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoHotkey