james123 Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 Hi everyone, The problem: macro ( activation hotkey ) does not start when a system windows is focused ( like the task manager ) ! I tried search in the forum for known problems in win11 but could not really find any so I did post... Conditions: ME 6 pro Windows 11 Professionnel / 22H2 build: 22621.1413 ( My exprerience on ME: ME3 pro ... ME6 pro since year about 2000... so quite a long time used...) I also tried with some security system windows ... same problem. And macro is working fine when such system windows are closed. This problem happend with all my hotkeys macro so apparently it is not depending on my macro. So it is just a general question if some of you can try on your win 11 + a system windows open like for exampl the task manager ... Thnaks for replies ( french mothertongue... my english so...so...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acantor Posted March 25, 2023 Report Share Posted March 25, 2023 I tried triggering a hotkey macro in the Windows 10 task manager, and nothing happened. It looks like certain system windows block Macro Express, although not all system windows. At least in Windows 10. For example, I can trigger a Macro Express script when this window has focus: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james123 Posted March 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 Hi Arcantor , thanks for your reply and trial... good to know that i am not the only one... -sounds like it is probably a main problem ( or a bug ) to be worked on by the macro-express developer team... If some other user can confirm same problem... on same windows builds ( or other builds may be same as well ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cartwheels Posted March 26, 2023 Report Share Posted March 26, 2023 I can run Macros (hotkey activated) when focused on Task Manager, but if I go to system settings, macros will not activate! I have Windows 11 Arm Windows 11 Home / 22H2 build:22621.1413 running on a Mac via Parallels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Posted March 27, 2023 Report Share Posted March 27, 2023 You must not have searched very long because this topic was recently covered here in the forum regarding the Task Manager. There are problems with running macros in UWP apps but the bigger one is that MEP will not run in sensitive apps where they could be used to compromise systems like a virus. Most times the solution is to configure MEP to run with elevated privileges, AKA "Run as Administrator". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james123 Posted March 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2023 Thanks Cory ( and other members replies) for informations. In fact, on my win 11 system, almost all windows-menu will prevent ME to start ( like the Start-menu , or param panel config ( shortcut win-i ) ... i did not try all win screens... but looks like many does same problem. win-e / Explorateur is ok. win-w / Widget page is also ok. Now, Cory, you said " the solution is to configure MEP to run with elevated privileges, AKA "Run as Administrator". " So I did try / run ME in admin mode, here is my results: Task manager : OK , ME start Win Params panel ( win-i ) : NO start Win Params sub menus : all NO start Win Start panel: NO start win-a : NO start win-n : NO start ( this is only a partial test / I did not try all system windows... ) Conclusion in my windows11/build/release: run as admin, at this point, will only add a solution for the task manager page. So not much difference. Maybe something to work on for the ME developer team next release ? Nice day to everone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cory Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 This is not the place to request features or bug fixes. Please do so at: https://www.macros.com/bugreport/ https://www.macros.com/requestfeature/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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