Vista - Keyboard Shortcuts don't work

I have followed the directions given in the help: "Create keyboard shortcuts
to open programs";

However, none of the shortcuts I set work. I have tried moving my shortcut
to the Quick app launcher toolbar, i have pinned it to the start menu, i
created a program group for it, etc. I have tried shortcuts of the following
form: Ctrl+A, Ctrl+Alt+A, Ctrl+F12, F12, Ctrl+Alt+F12. I have minimized all
my windows and have no luck. I have closed all programs and still nothing.

I am running Vista Ultimate 32-bit.

Why won't Vista allow me to bind a keyboard shortcut to my applicaiton??

-Frank

Hi Frank,

Not sure why you would be having that problem. Check here to see if you are using the same method to create the keyboard shortcut. Maybe it will help.

Keyboard Shortcut

Shawn

Hello Shawn,

Those directions don't seem to be different from the help aside from the
fact that they recommend you bind to Ctrl+Alt sequences. I have tried
creating keyboard shortcuts for my home Vista 64 machine with the same
problem - the shortcut says I have bound the keyboard, but nothing happens
when I enter the sequence. This is quite frustrating.

Any other thoughts?

-Frank




"brink" wrote:

>
> Frank;424494 Wrote:
> > I have followed the directions given in the help: "Create keyboard
> > shortcuts
> > to open programs";
> >
> > However, none of the shortcuts I set work. I have tried moving my
> > shortcut
> > to the Quick app launcher toolbar, i have pinned it to the start menu,
> > i
> > created a program group for it, etc. I have tried shortcuts of the
> > following
> > form: Ctrl+A, Ctrl+Alt+A, Ctrl+F12, F12, Ctrl+Alt+F12. I have minimized
> > all
> > my windows and have no luck. I have closed all programs and still
> > nothing.
> >
> > I am running Vista Ultimate 32-bit.
> >
> > Why won't Vista allow me to bind a keyboard shortcut to my
> > applicaiton??
> >
> > -Frank
>
> Hi Frank,
>
> Not sure why you would be having that problem. Check here to see if
> you are using the same method to create the keyboard shortcut. Maybe it
> will help.
>
> Keyboard Shortcut
>
> Shawn
>
>
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>
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Frank,

You can look in the area described at this link for how to disable the "Windows key" keyboard shortcuts, and see if you see anything related that is disabled in there for the type of keyboard shortcut you want. If you are not familiar with the registry I would skip this though. I do not know other than this.

Windows HotKeys

Shawn