Windows Explorer and the backspace issue

[Patrick Bandorf]

hello to the vista-world,

i installed vista two days ago, and the one thing driving me the most
insane is the backspace-mapping in vista's explorer.

as you all know: microsoft remapped the backspace key in vista's
explorer to perform now "back" instead of "go to parent folder".

i've searched the net for about two hours for a solution but found
nothing.

so i thought some tiome about the problem, and found it being
hardcoded by microsoft, so i went on thinking, and looking for a
solution and came across AutoHotKey (http://www.autohotkey.com/).

i wrote a super-simple script which gave the explorer the xp-hotkey
back. but had some issues.
here is my first script-attempt:
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#IfWinActive ahk_class CabinetWClass
Backspace::Send !{Up}
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guess what? yes the problem is, if you want to rename a file and type
backspace, this script also sends Alt+Up, which cancels renaming, and
brings you one level up.

finally i decided to make the best of it, and wrote another script:
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#IfWinActive ahk_class CabinetWClass
^Backspace::Send !{Up}
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this might look the same, but is different...
this time, you have to press CTRL+Backspace (no matter which ctrl)

it isn't the same as in "the better os", but it is a quick fix, and
ctrl+bksp is much easier to reach as alt+up is (ever tried with one
hand?).

if anyone finds some possibility to limit the script to the
"SysListView321"-Class, please send me an email, or post here.

greetings,
garfield

 

[Peter Foldes]

Patrick

Posting this to the microsoft.public.windows.scripting group will get you an answer.

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.server.scripting