Windows 7 taskbar hotkey override workaround

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Windows 7 taskbar hotkey override workaround

Post by Roffo » 31.10.2010 15:23:02

I found that Dexpot defaults to alt-1...4 for switching desktop. But several of my applications already uses those common hotkeys. But setting the hotkeys to win-1...4 conflicts with Windows 7 taskbar launcher, which Dexpot warns about but can't override.

My solution was to set Dexpot desktop hotkeys to unused win-key commands and then remap them using Autohotkey, which can override most of the Windows explorer hotkeys. http://www.autohotkey.com/

This is my Autohotkey remap script:

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; Connect Win+1 to Dexpot desktop 1 through win-y
#1::#y
; Connect Win+2 to Dexpot desktop 2 through win-h
#2::#h
; Connect Win+3 to Dexpot desktop 3 through win-i
#3::#i
; Connect Win+4 to Dexpot desktop 4 through win-k
#4::#k

This works perfectly but it would be easier not to have to rely on external software.

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