Installation

Installation

KeepPressing is portable: there is no installer, no registry usage, and no MSIX registration. You download a zip, unzip it, and run the executable. Removing it is deleting the folder.

System requirements

Requirement	Detail
OS	Windows 10, version 1809 (build 17763) or later, and Windows 11
Architecture of the release build	x64
.NET runtime	Not required — the release is self-contained (the .NET and Windows App SDK runtimes are bundled)
Admin rights	Not required to run (see the elevation note below)

The project itself targets x86, x64, and ARM64, but the published release ships an x64, self-contained build. If you need x86 or ARM64, build it yourself — see Building & Tasks.

Download & run

1. Go to Releases and download keep-pressing-<version>-win-x64.zip.
2. Unzip it to any folder you can write to (for example your Desktop or a tools folder).
3. Open the unzipped KeepPressing folder and run KeepPressing.exe.

Windows SmartScreen may warn about an unrecognized app the first time (the build is unsigned). Choose More info → Run anyway if you trust the download.

Removing it

Delete the folder. That's all — there are no registry keys, no Start-menu entries, and no files written outside the folder. Settings are not persisted anywhere (see below).

Settings are session-only

KeepPressing does not save your configuration. Target, action, interval, captured key, and hotkey choice all reset to defaults each time you start the app. This keeps the tool stateless and fully portable.

A note on elevation (admin windows)

KeepPressing runs without administrator rights, but Windows UIPI prevents a non-elevated app from sending input to an elevated (run-as-administrator) window. If your target runs elevated, run KeepPressing.exe as administrator too. See Known Limitations and Troubleshooting.

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