On many of my desktop items, I have shortcut keys defined.
However, for some reason C,K & M will not work as shortcut keys.
Perhaps some other windows application is assigned to these keys.
Is there a place in Windows XP where I can find a list of where all
desktop CTRL-ALT shortcut keys are assigned to? Thanks

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> On many of my desktop items, I have shortcut keys defined.
> However, for some reason C,K & M will not work as shortcut keys.
> Perhaps some other windows application is assigned to these keys.
> Is there a place in Windows XP where I can find a list of where all
> desktop CTRL-ALT shortcut keys are assigned to? Thanks
>

Have a look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q301583

Ahh, windows. Ctrl + Alt keys shouldn't be used for hotkeys as it conflicts with international characters. The window shell team make you use this. Good news is those without international needs, it doesn't matter. F12, that the shell team allow you to also choose (you aren't forced to use C + A for F keys), is also a reserved key.

The feature works with any key but there is no way to specify (in XP) the use of other keys.

Attached file is a listing of keys in Windows and also includes two lists of user hotkeys (ones that work under Hotkeys heading and a long process looking for all under Diagnostics heading).


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<techman41973@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1135241354.008567.157700@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...
> On many of my desktop items, I have shortcut keys defined.
> However, for some reason C,K & M will not work as shortcut keys.
> Perhaps some other windows application is assigned to these keys.
> Is there a place in Windows XP where I can find a list of where all
> desktop CTRL-ALT shortcut keys are assigned to? Thanks
>

Aparently you forgot to take your medication this morning.

Hi Tech_Man, Don't know much about Ctrl-Alt shortcuts,
but below is Win_XP_Keys.REG, used to regain control of the F1 key
by swapping it with the Num_- key on the far Upper_Right of the keyboard.

It also turns the Caps_Lock key into the Tab key,
freeing up the Tab key for a macro assignment.
The tilda key becomes the Delete key.
......... Win_XP_Keys.REG ................
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00, 06,00,00,00, 53,E0, 29,00,\
0F,00, 3A,00, 29,00, 0F,00, 4A,00, 3B,00, 3B,00, 4A,00, 00,00,00,00

; Smallest byte comes first, Destination_Scan_Code <-- Source_Scan_Code
; 06,00,00,00 means there are six entries, incl' the 00,00,00,00 at the end.
;
; 53,E0, 29,00 Delete <-- ~_key
; 0F,00, 3A,00 Tab <-- Caps_Lock
; 29,00, 0F,00 ~_key <-- Tab
; 4A,00, 3B,00 Num_- <-- F1
; 3B,00, 4A,00 F1 <-- Num_-


; Insert E0 52 Delete E0 53 Left E0 4B Home E0 47
; End E0 4F Up Arrow E0 48 Dn Arrow E0 50 Page Up E0 49
; Page Down E0 51 Right E0 4D
; Esc 01 F1 3B F2 3C F3 3D
; F4 3E F5 3F F6 40 F7 41
; F8 42 F9 43 F10 44 F11 57
; F12 58 Scroll Lock 46 Pause 59 5B Left Win 5C
; Right Win 5D Application 5E
; ~ ` 29 ! 1 02 @ 2 03 # 3 04
; $ 4 05 % 5 06 ^ 6 07 & 7 08
; * 8 09 ( 9 0A ) 0 0B _ - 0C
; + = 0D Backspace 0E Tab 0F ? / 35
; { [ 1A } ] 1B | \ 2B Caps_Lock 3A
; : ; 27 “ ‘ 28 Enter 1C L_SHIFT 2A
; < , 33 > . 34
; R SHIFT 36 L CTRL 1D L ALT 38 Space_Bar 39
; R ALT E0 38 R CTRL E0 1D Num Lock 45 Num_7 47
; Num 4 4B Num 1 4F Num 8 48 Num_5 4C
; Num 2 50 Num 0 52 Num * 37 Num_9 49
; Num 6 4D Num 3 51 Num . 53 Num_- 4A
; Num + 4E Num Enter E0 1C
; A 1E S 1F D 20 F 21
; G 22 H 23 J 24 K 25
; L 26 Q 10 W 11 E 12
; R 13 T 14 Y 15 U 16
; I 17 O 18 P 19 Z 2C
; X 2D C 2E V 2F B 30
; N 31 M 32