If you need Autohotkey you can still run that under wine (if you are ahk on windows applications), you can run total commander under wine. You can log in as admin I think its time to make the switch
If they’re running auto hotkey they’re also likely gamers, likely needing to run games that either can’t emulate or lose performance when running via proton or wine. AKA, this advice, like most “switch to Linux” advice, is tone deaf.
I tested these things and the results were not so great. Also, if I need to emulate my OS under wine, then I can as well just use it directly.
The only Linux Software I miss on Windows is Timeshift. Thats not enough.
Edit: I just have set up root login on Linux Mint. Okay, thats actually not much more difficult than on Windows.