jrgreenman Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Before switching to Windows 7, I had a series of macros whose activation were <WIN>+1, <WIN>+2, <WIN>+3, etc. Under Windows 7, those now appear to be reserved system keys for activating applications on the Task Bar. Is there a way to reclaim those key for use as macro activations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 It's very easy to find the answer to this question with Google - it just takes a few seconds of effort (probably less time than writing your message). My search term was "windows 7" disable win+1" and it produced this hit: Disable Win+key combinations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgreenman Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Thanks Paul. You're quite right. I was so radar-locked on this from the MEP perspective, I completely neglected to look at it from the OS perspective. Thanks for the link. And everyone, let this be a lesson to us all. Google first. Post second. Jace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgreenman Posted February 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Oh, it turns out that one registry turns off some other WIN key shortcuts as well (like WIN-E and WIN-R). So folks who use the registry entry to turn off Win+1, Win+2, etc. in Windows 7 will need to write some macros to restore the functions of whatever other WIN key shortcuts you want to keep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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