Vista - Can I change shortcut?

Hello, I have recently bought a new laptop... I am a big MS Office user, and
I often use the shortcut Alt-F11 to open the VBA editor in Office
applications. But the 'Web-Camera' application UVC 1.7.115.0213 (made by
Chicory) has co-opted that shortcut, so anytime I try to use the VB Editor,
I get a lovely image of me toiling away at my desk instead.

I would like to take the shortcut away from Web-Camera, so that it defaults
back to its usual use.

Anyone know how I can do this?

Thanks
Mx

Open the webcam program, and look at it's options or tools files to untick
the keyboard shortcut option.
Or, go to the manufacturer's website for the info on how to.

"Michelle" wrote:

> Hello, I have recently bought a new laptop... I am a big MS Office user, and
> I often use the shortcut Alt-F11 to open the VBA editor in Office
> applications. But the 'Web-Camera' application UVC 1.7.115.0213 (made by
> Chicory) has co-opted that shortcut, so anytime I try to use the VB Editor,
> I get a lovely image of me toiling away at my desk instead.
>
> I would like to take the shortcut away from Web-Camera, so that it defaults
> back to its usual use.
>
> Anyone know how I can do this?
>
> Thanks
> Mx
>
>

Those keyboard shortcuts aren't defined by Windows, they are defined by the
various applications you have installed - Office, and the Chicony app.

(Well, Windows does define some keybard shortcuts of its own; but they're
only a small subset of the total keyboard operations active at any time -
for example, WinKey+F for search).

There are 2 ways an application can register a global hotkey hook with
Windows:

1) the "polite" way, RegisterHotKey(). This call wil fail, if another
application has already registered the same hotkey.

2) the brutal way, to call SetWindowsHookEx() to install a KeyboardProc()
hook procedure. This is a low-level operation, with few checks and balances.
It is also by far the most common method used. The last app to call the
function is the winner, and over-writes any pre-existing hooks. Sometimes
this might reflect the order in which the applications are launched (so,
start Office last) - but this is not enforced by the system, so there's no
guarantee.

If the Web Cam app is so inconsiderate as to co-opt a hard-coded global hook
for Alt-F11, there's not much you can do to stop it - except possibly
uninstall the application. If you're lucky, the webcam app will have an
option to select a different key combination. Or - I dunno much about Office
but I'm certain you can re-map the ViewVBCode command (which launches the
macro editor) somewhere under Customise, Keyboard. So you could set Office
to use a different key combo.

Bottom line: this is defined by the applications, not by Windows itself.

Hope it helps a bit,
Andrew

Thanks, I was hoping there would be a registry place to change it or
something. The webcam app always starts when the system starts. Maybe ifI
could disable this auto-start (any ideas) - PS There is nothing in the web
cam preferences that would help.

Thanks

M
"Andrew McLaren" <andrew@fakeaddress.com> wrote in message
news:A1627D2B-1FB9-4C29-91E2-7D450DB2BC11@microsoft.com...
> Those keyboard shortcuts aren't defined by Windows, they are defined by
> the various applications you have installed - Office, and the Chicony app.
>
> (Well, Windows does define some keybard shortcuts of its own; but they're
> only a small subset of the total keyboard operations active at any time -
> for example, WinKey+F for search).
>
> There are 2 ways an application can register a global hotkey hook with
> Windows:
>
> 1) the "polite" way, RegisterHotKey(). This call wil fail, if another
> application has already registered the same hotkey.
>
> 2) the brutal way, to call SetWindowsHookEx() to install a KeyboardProc()
> hook procedure. This is a low-level operation, with few checks and
> balances. It is also by far the most common method used. The last app to
> call the function is the winner, and over-writes any pre-existing hooks.
> Sometimes this might reflect the order in which the applications are
> launched (so, start Office last) - but this is not enforced by the system,
> so there's no guarantee.
>
> If the Web Cam app is so inconsiderate as to co-opt a hard-coded global
> hook for Alt-F11, there's not much you can do to stop it - except possibly
> uninstall the application. If you're lucky, the webcam app will have an
> option to select a different key combination. Or - I dunno much about
> Office but I'm certain you can re-map the ViewVBCode command (which
> launches the macro editor) somewhere under Customise, Keyboard. So you
> could set Office to use a different key combo.
>
> Bottom line: this is defined by the applications, not by Windows itself.
>
> Hope it helps a bit,
> Andrew
>

when i prees the open cam bottom the cam dos'nt start


"Michelle" wrote:

> Hello, I have recently bought a new laptop... I am a big MS Office user, and
> I often use the shortcut Alt-F11 to open the VBA editor in Office
> applications. But the 'Web-Camera' application UVC 1.7.115.0213 (made by
> Chicory) has co-opted that shortcut, so anytime I try to use the VB Editor,
> I get a lovely image of me toiling away at my desk instead.
>
> I would like to take the shortcut away from Web-Camera, so that it defaults
> back to its usual use.
>
> Anyone know how I can do this?
>
> Thanks
> Mx
>
>