John. Thanks for the link. I hope someone else can help with the
theory that I was asking about. Joe.



On Thu 22 Sep 2005 15:26:02, JOHN =?Utf-8?B?dXNhc21h?= wrote:
>
> Here's a link to most of the keyboard shortcuts that are
> available for Microsoft products:
> http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx


> "Joe Smith" wrote:
>>
>> Is there any good documentation on the different types of
>> hotkeys in WinXP?
>>
>> Unfortunately, my system locks up quite a bit (and I have to
>> kill explorer.exe and then restart it). This has allowed me to
>> observe the following points about the availability of various
>> types of hotkey.
>>
>> ----------------- START OBSERVATIONS ----------------------
>> (1) CTRL + ALT + DEL very nearly always seems to work - even if
>> another program like SysInternal's ProcMon has replaced XP's
>> Task Manager.
>>
>> (2) The Windows START key almost always works, even if
>> explorer.exe has been killed. I use:
>>
>> (a) the usual windows shortcuts of WIN + E, WIN + D,
>> WIN + R, etc
>>
>> (b) my custom WIN key settings make using the freeware
>> utility WINKEY from Copernic
>> <http://www.copernic.com/go/?dest=downloadwinkey>
>>
>> (3) Hotkey assignments in desktop shortcuts (using the
>> Properties tab in the context menu) work only when explorer.exe
>> is running and when it is not locked up.
>> ----------------- END OBSERVATIONS ----------------------
>>
>> Where can I get more info about hotkeys and their priorities in
>> XP and any other info about them?
>>

Ctrl + Alt + Delete are special. This is hidden from all programs so only windows can respond to it. There are global and app hotkeys. Explorer registers hotkeys in shortcuts globably and sets itself as the handler.


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"Joe Smith" <joe@nomail.com> wrote in message news:96DCAD6A388C3D5E712@204.153.244.170...
> John. Thanks for the link. I hope someone else can help with the
> theory that I was asking about. Joe.
>
>
>
> On Thu 22 Sep 2005 15:26:02, JOHN =?Utf-8?B?dXNhc21h?= wrote:
>>
>> Here's a link to most of the keyboard shortcuts that are
>> available for Microsoft products:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx
>
>
>> "Joe Smith" wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there any good documentation on the different types of
>>> hotkeys in WinXP?
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, my system locks up quite a bit (and I have to
>>> kill explorer.exe and then restart it). This has allowed me to
>>> observe the following points about the availability of various
>>> types of hotkey.
>>>
>>> ----------------- START OBSERVATIONS ----------------------
>>> (1) CTRL + ALT + DEL very nearly always seems to work - even if
>>> another program like SysInternal's ProcMon has replaced XP's
>>> Task Manager.
>>>
>>> (2) The Windows START key almost always works, even if
>>> explorer.exe has been killed. I use:
>>>
>>> (a) the usual windows shortcuts of WIN + E, WIN + D,
>>> WIN + R, etc
>>>
>>> (b) my custom WIN key settings make using the freeware
>>> utility WINKEY from Copernic
>>> <http://www.copernic.com/go/?dest=downloadwinkey>
>>>
>>> (3) Hotkey assignments in desktop shortcuts (using the
>>> Properties tab in the context menu) work only when explorer.exe
>>> is running and when it is not locked up.
>>> ----------------- END OBSERVATIONS ----------------------
>>>
>>> Where can I get more info about hotkeys and their priorities in
>>> XP and any other info about them?
>>>