Can I change shortcut?

[Michelle]

Hello, I have recently bought a new laptop... I am a big MS Office user, and
I often use the shortcut Alt-F11 to open the VBA editor in Office
applications. But the 'Web-Camera' application UVC 1.7.115.0213 (made by
Chicory) has co-opted that shortcut, so anytime I try to use the VB Editor,
I get a lovely image of me toiling away at my desk instead.

I would like to take the shortcut away from Web-Camera, so that it defaults
back to its usual use.

Anyone know how I can do this?

Thanks
Mx

 

[Guest]

Open the webcam program, and look at it's options or tools files to untick
the keyboard shortcut option.
Or, go to the manufacturer's website for the info on how to.

 

[Andrew McLaren]

Those keyboard shortcuts aren't defined by Windows, they are defined by the
various applications you have installed - Office, and the Chicony app.

(Well, Windows does define some keybard shortcuts of its own; but they're
only a small subset of the total keyboard operations active at any time -
for example, WinKey+F for search).

There are 2 ways an application can register a global hotkey hook with
Windows:

1) the "polite" way, RegisterHotKey(). This call wil fail, if another
application has already registered the same hotkey.

2) the brutal way, to call SetWindowsHookEx() to install a KeyboardProc()
hook procedure. This is a low-level operation, with few checks and balances.
It is also by far the most common method used. The last app to call the
function is the winner, and over-writes any pre-existing hooks. Sometimes
this might reflect the order in which the applications are launched (so,
start Office last) - but this is not enforced by the system, so there's no
guarantee.

If the Web Cam app is so inconsiderate as to co-opt a hard-coded global hook
for Alt-F11, there's not much you can do to stop it - except possibly
uninstall the application. If you're lucky, the webcam app will have an
option to select a different key combination. Or - I dunno much about Office
but I'm certain you can re-map the ViewVBCode command (which launches the
macro editor) somewhere under Customise, Keyboard. So you could set Office
to use a different key combo.

Bottom line: this is defined by the applications, not by Windows itself.

Hope it helps a bit,
Andrew

 

[Michelle]

Thanks, I was hoping there would be a registry place to change it or
something. The webcam app always starts when the system starts. Maybe ifI
could disable this auto-start (any ideas) - PS There is nothing in the web
cam preferences that would help.

Thanks

M

 

[Guest]

when i prees the open cam bottom the cam dos'nt start