Vista - Windows Explorer and the backspace issue

hello to the vista-world,

i installed vista two days ago, and the one thing driving me the most
insane is the backspace-mapping in vista's explorer.

as you all know: microsoft remapped the backspace key in vista's
explorer to perform now "back" instead of "go to parent folder".

i've searched the net for about two hours for a solution but found
nothing.

so i thought some tiome about the problem, and found it being
hardcoded by microsoft, so i went on thinking, and looking for a
solution and came across AutoHotKey (http://www.autohotkey.com/).

i wrote a super-simple script which gave the explorer the xp-hotkey
back. but had some issues.
here is my first script-attempt:
-----
#IfWinActive ahk_class CabinetWClass
Backspace::Send !{Up}
-----
guess what? yes the problem is, if you want to rename a file and type
backspace, this script also sends Alt+Up, which cancels renaming, and
brings you one level up.

finally i decided to make the best of it, and wrote another script:
-----
#IfWinActive ahk_class CabinetWClass
^Backspace::Send !{Up}
-----
this might look the same, but is different...
this time, you have to press CTRL+Backspace (no matter which ctrl)

it isn't the same as in "the better os", but it is a quick fix, and
ctrl+bksp is much easier to reach as alt+up is (ever tried with one
hand?).

if anyone finds some possibility to limit the script to the
"SysListView321"-Class, please send me an email, or post here.

greetings,
garfield

Patrick

Posting this to the microsoft.public.windows.scripting group will get you an answer.

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsof...rver.scripting


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"Patrick Bandorf" <garfield.catnet@googlemail.com> wrote in message news:1188122422.095638.251920@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
> hello to the vista-world,
>
> i installed vista two days ago, and the one thing driving me the most
> insane is the backspace-mapping in vista's explorer.
>
> as you all know: microsoft remapped the backspace key in vista's
> explorer to perform now "back" instead of "go to parent folder".
>
> i've searched the net for about two hours for a solution but found
> nothing.
>
> so i thought some tiome about the problem, and found it being
> hardcoded by microsoft, so i went on thinking, and looking for a
> solution and came across AutoHotKey (http://www.autohotkey.com/).
>
> i wrote a super-simple script which gave the explorer the xp-hotkey
> back. but had some issues.
> here is my first script-attempt:
> -----
> #IfWinActive ahk_class CabinetWClass
> Backspace::Send !{Up}
> -----
> guess what? yes the problem is, if you want to rename a file and type
> backspace, this script also sends Alt+Up, which cancels renaming, and
> brings you one level up.
>
> finally i decided to make the best of it, and wrote another script:
> -----
> #IfWinActive ahk_class CabinetWClass
> ^Backspace::Send !{Up}
> -----
> this might look the same, but is different...
> this time, you have to press CTRL+Backspace (no matter which ctrl)
>
> it isn't the same as in "the better os", but it is a quick fix, and
> ctrl+bksp is much easier to reach as alt+up is (ever tried with one
> hand?).
>
> if anyone finds some possibility to limit the script to the
> "SysListView321"-Class, please send me an email, or post here.
>
> greetings,
> garfield
>