AutoHotKey script not recognizing Windows Explorer

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Published on 2012-03-21T18:21:09Z Indexed on 2012/03/21 23:33 UTC
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I've made a script that will set an environment variable to the path in the current Explorer windows when its hotkey is pressed. However, I want this to only trigger if the active window is an Explorer window. This should do it:

  #IfWinActive ahk_class ExploreWClass|CabinetWClass
     #p::
        SetPath()
     return
  #IfWinActive

But for some reason it isn't. Is there something I'm doing wrong?

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