Hot keys from other programs

[Michael]

Hello,

I am occasionally having trouble with the hot keys for a dictionary program
(the hot key - set by the program - should take a highlighted word and open
up the dictionary with it).

I was wondering in general if there was a way to print out the current
third-party hot key assignments in Windows XP or to even set them yourself in
some way. Where are these hot key assignments (temporary and permanent)
stored?

Thanks in advance for any insight or information!

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Tuesday, May 26, 2009 4:33:01 AM, and on a whim,
Michael pounded out on the keyboard:

Hello,

I am occasionally having trouble with the hot keys for a dictionary program
(the hot key - set by the program - should take a highlighted word and open
up the dictionary with it).

I was wondering in general if there was a way to print out the current
third-party hot key assignments in Windows XP or to even set them yourself in
some way. Where are these hot key assignments (temporary and permanent)
stored?

Thanks in advance for any insight or information!

Hi Michael,

Not free, but it should help you resolve the issue:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1898,00.asp


Terry R.

 

[Michael]

Terry R.:

Thank you for your response. I already came across that program. The problem
is: It doesn't deal with hot keys of third-party applications (like
dictionaries). It calls those keys "accelerator keys", but they are basically
also hot keys.

 

[ju.c]

I had the same problem a while back and spent weeks searching
for a freeware app to manage Windows hotkeys but I came up
empty. I tried this commercial application and it is perfect. I
paid the 15 bucks, it's easily worth it. Try it out, it has a 15 day
trial.

Hotkey Commander (Shareware $15)
http://hkcmdr.anymania.com/

"Hotkey Commander is a powerful hotkey managing and overriding
tool for Windows. If you are a frequent hotkey user, you may
found that while hotkeys bring much convenience and advantages,
they act rudely and annoyingly sometimes. Hotkeys are usually
defined or registered by individual applications. Some moral
applications would allow users to redefine their hotkey
combination so that they don't conflict with other hotkeys.
Some "evil" applications won't at all. No matter what more and
more hotkeys may become chaos and make you confused at last.
Even if you don't use hotkeys at all, you may want to disable
or override hotkeys occasionally so as not to be interrputed
by their default actions. Imagine when you are shooting bullets
with your enemies in some game and unfortunately hit the <Win>
key accidently and then being forced to the Windows desktop.
Well, by Hotkey Commander you can easily explore and manage
all the hotkeys in your system."


ju.c