Re: Windows 8 has hotkey WINDOWS+Q taken. how do I change it

[Brother Gabriel-Marie]

You can use autohotkey - it will override the default hotkeys in Windows7 - maybe it will work in windows 8.  Just put a script in startup that defines the win+q hotkey, and tell it to do something else, like send another hotkey or run some command.

On 2/13/2013 6:33 AM, Yotam Rozin wrote:

Windows 8 has hotkey WINDOWS+Q taken. how do I change it? otherwise I can't really use slickrun :~( 
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[EricLaw]

Type SETUP. Click the Options tab. Choose a new hotkey. I've been using ALT+Q on Win8 for about a year now.

[gerry lowry +1 705 429-7550 wasaga beach ontario canada]

Hi Eric … just curious … would you happen to know what other shortcut keys
Win8 has ripped off … it seems that Win8 has also stolen WinKey+J (was Jot) …

is there a list of ALL Win8 shortcut keys somewhere?

Thnx/Gerry

-- From: bay...@googlegroups.com [mailto:bay...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of EricLaw Sent: 2013 February 14 Thursday 15:03
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Subject: Re: Windows 8 has hotkey WINDOWS+Q taken. how do I change it

Type SETUP. Click the Options tab. Choose a new hotkey. I've been using ALT+Q on Win8 for about a year now.

On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 6:33:38 AM UTC-6, Yotam Rozin wrote:
Windows 8 has hotkey WINDOWS+Q taken. how do I change it? otherwise I can't really use slickrun :~( 

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[gerry lowry +1 705 429-7550 wasaga beach ontario canada]

i found this: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/new-keyboard-shortcuts
"New keyboard shortcuts for Windows 8 and Windows RT"

WindowsLogoKey‌+q Open the Search charm to search apps <== SlickRun
WindowsLogoKey‌+j Switch the main app and snapped app <== Jot

There is a full list here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/keyboard-shortcuts

/g.

-- From: gerry lowry Sent: 2013 February 14 Thursday 22:20 To: bay...@googlegroups.com

Hi Eric … just curious … would you happen to know what other shortcut keys
Win8 has ripped off … it seems that Win8 has also stolen WinKey+J (was Jot) …

is there a list of ALL Win8 shortcut keys somewhere?

Thnx/Gerry

-- From: bay...@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of EricLaw Sent: 2013 February 14 Thursday 15:03 To: bay...@googlegroups.com

Type SETUP. Click the Options tab. Choose a new hotkey. I've been using ALT+Q on Win8 for about a year now.

[Ohad Zadok]

what did you do about the Jot (Winkey + j )? 

seems not to work..

[EricLaw]

http://www.bayden.com/slickrun/1033/SlickRunAdvancedHelp.htm

Q5: Can I change the systemwide hotkey for JOT from Win+J?
A: Yes, you can change the hotkey if you’d like.

  1> Close SlickRun
  2> Click START > RUN > and type  notepad  "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Slickrun\slickrun.ini" on Vista or later.
  3> Scroll down to the [Jot] section
  4> Edit “BringUpJotKey” to be the ASCII value of the desired letter
  5> Edit “BringUpJotModifier” if desired.  You can change the Modifier to something other than 8 (E.g. ALT = 1, CONTROL = 2, CTRL+ALT = 3, WINKEY=8)

[Daniel Lemire]

while we are on the topic, I just upgraded to 8.1 and it seems that Win+J is available again.

However, now Win+Q and Win+S are gone (I had been using Win+S since switching to Windows 8), so I am now planning on switching to Win+A for SlickRun.

Daniel Lemire
http://danlemire.com

On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 2:30 PM, EricLaw <bay...@gmail.com> wrote:

http://www.bayden.com/slickrun/1033/SlickRunAdvancedHelp.htm

Q5: Can I change the systemwide hotkey for JOT from Win+J?
A: Yes, you can change the hotkey if you’d like.

  1> Close SlickRun
  2> Click START > RUN > and type  notepad  "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Slickrun\slickrun.ini" on Vista or later.
  3> Scroll down to the [Jot] section
  4> Edit “BringUpJotKey” to be the ASCII value of the desired letter
  5> Edit “BringUpJotModifier” if desired.  You can change the Modifier to something other than 8 (E.g. ALT = 1, CONTROL = 2, CTRL+ALT = 3, WINKEY=8)

 

 

On Monday, October 14, 2013 8:42:08 AM UTC-5, Ohad Zadok wrote:

what did you do about the Jot (Winkey + j )? 

seems not to work..

On Tuesday, February 19, 2013 12:31:26 AM UTC+2, gerryLowry wrote:

i found this:  http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/new-keyboard-shortcuts
                   "New keyboard shortcuts for Windows 8 and Windows RT"

WindowsLogoKey+q  Open the Search charm to search apps  <== SlickRun
WindowsLogoKey+j  Switch the main app and snapped app   <== Jot

There is a full list here:   http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/keyboard-shortcuts

/g.

-- From: gerry lowry  Sent: 2013 February 14 Thursday 22:20  To: bay...@googlegroups.com

Hi Eric … just curious … would you happen to know what other shortcut keys
Win8 has ripped off … it seems that Win8 has also stolen WinKey+J (was Jot) …

is there a list of ALL Win8 shortcut keys somewhere?

Thnx/Gerry

-- From: bay...@googlegroups.com  On Behalf Of EricLaw   Sent: 2013 February 14 Thursday 15:03   To: bay...@googlegroups.com

Type SETUP. Click the Options tab. Choose a new hotkey. I've been using ALT+Q on Win8 for about a year now.

--On Wednesday, February 13, 2013 6:33:38 AM UTC-6, Yotam Rozin wrote:
Windows 8 has hotkey WINDOWS+Q taken. how do I change it? otherwise I can't really use slickrun :~( 
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[Vladimir Castro]

Hi, a question.
When will we see a new update?, I check SlickRun site almost daily to
see if there is a new release. :) It's so awesome SlickRun, and it's not
been updated long ago.

[bLiTzJoN]

I've been using the following for many months on Win8 with no collisions with other software shortcut keys.

I have Slickrun bound to CTRL+Q

[General]

BringUpKey=81

BringUpModifier=2

I have Jot bound to ALT+Q

[Jot]

BringUpJotKey=81

BringUpJotModifier=1

I made mention of Slickrun in a recent blog post as one of my favorite power toys!  There you can grab my ini file if you like.

http://blog.fusionalliance.com/blog/eureka-sparks/power-toys-for-windows-8