Bad Trigger - Lost Control of My Computer

Questions & Suggestions
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Hi!
I created a long macro, but I put a bad trigger that were always true (!!!). The macro started over and over again and again and again and as I used many "Move and click" it was impossible to do anything to stop it (I lost the control of my mouse). I had to crash the computer (I mean the OS, not the machine itself!).

Is there any way to interrupt a macro using the keyboard? Or maybe I should create a macro that crashes KBM in case of an error?

I also wanted to know how to stop a macro while it processes (if something went wrong and I would like to stop it and not finish the actions).

Thanks in advance for your help!

Yann

(I tried to find myself the answer, but if it exists, I didn't find the good keywords in the forum)

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For these cases (which did happen to me as well) I created a macro with the trigger keyboard shortcut set to cmd + option + control + c (for "cancel", but it really doesn't matter what it is) and the only action in there is:
"Cancel all macros"

cancel all macros.kmmacros (1.3 KB)
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Thanks a lot Ben! Gonna create one right now

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Hey Yann,

I learned this lesson the better part of two decades ago...  :sunglasses:

I use: ⇧⌃⌥⌘K

For KILL...

Otherwise my macro is the same as Ben's.

Whatever you use – spend some time concentrating and pressing the hotkey – so it will impress upon your muscle-memory.

My kill-switch has seriously saved my bacon several times over the years.

-Chris

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Thanks too Chris!

It seems so obvious we should have (create) this kind of security... after we got the problem once!

I uploaded the macro of Ben (thanks again to him) and I was happily surprised that we can add a macro so easily in KBM.

Have a good day,

Yann

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