Use Widows key hotkey as toggle window hotkey

[toshiki]

Hi, I'm trying to use Win+X as the "Toggle window Hotkey". I already disabled the Win+X shortcut through the registry in

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

, however I wasn't able to input it into the Everything setting textbox.

I'm aware of viewtopic.php?t=5289. But actually, I can run

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taskkill -f -im explorer.exe

in powershell and then add that hotkey to Everything. I can then restart explorer.exe and the Win+X hotkey works as normal. However, the problem is that after a computer restart, it will stop to work. It seems though that it's getting close to be working. I also use other apps that can work with windows key hotkeys.

I'm aware of autohotkey but it would be nice to do it in the settings. Thank you.

[void]

Please try disabling Windows Explorer hotkeys:

• From the Start menu, search for:
  regedit
• Right click Registry Editor and click Run as administrator.
• In the Registry Editor, navigate to:
  
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
• In the right pane, right click and click New -> DWORD (32-bit) value.
• Set the Name to:
  NoWinKeys
• Set the value data to:
  1
• Restart your PC.

PowerToys can also remap Windows key hotkeys.

[toshiki]

Set the Name to:

NoWinKeys

I did this (in addition to the registry change I mentioned above), but it didn't work.

[void]

What version of Windows are you using?

[toshiki]

What version of Windows are you using?

I'm using Windows 11 24H2 OS build 26100.2605.

[void]

Windows 11 registers the Windows key + X hotkey for the start menu.

This hotkey cannot be disabled.

You will need a third party tool to override this hotkey.

[Xavierarmand]

I've tried extensive scripting with autohotkey to remap the windows key. And yes it's possible... But it's so buggy and annoying I end up leaving it alone. Windows has deep key hook on that key. It takes layers of [key down] and [keyup] and the strat menu still randomly gets triggered.

Thou My fav everything script is win + f. Copies selected text and sends it to everything flawlessly.

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[hamid56]

hi everyone
i think "Key Remapper" may be useful.please verify it.
https://atnsoft.com/
or
https://atnsoft.com/downloads/keymanager_setup.exe
best regards

[void]

Windows Key shortcut to open Everything