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hotkeys not working in Win 8 Pro

Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 5:29 pm
by FFleer
hello,

No matter what I do, the hotkey combos I've tried aren't working. What am I doing wrong?

tried combos of CTRL+x, ctrl+shift+x, ctrl+pgup/dwn ... nothing seems to work. Also cannot get switch hotkey either, same results where no change at all occurs.


thanks

Re: hotkeys not working in Win 8 Pro

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 5:26 pm
by FFleer
hello .. is there any admins on this forum that can help?

Re: hotkeys not working in Win 8 Pro

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:09 pm
by gpb
FFleer wrote:hello .. is there any admins on this forum that can help?
I apologize for the delay but it's Sunday for everyone, tomorrow we will take a look at this issue. Does the program report any error when you close the configuration window ? In case the hotkey is already in use it should display an error message otherwise it should work as it works on windows 7.

Re: hotkeys not working in Win 8 Pro

Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 8:38 pm
by FFleer
hi there,

OK .. ty! No errors, just doesn't work :(

If I set hotkeys that are in use, it does give an error. Just can't get them working ... with hotkeys. Works if I manually change it only.

Re: hotkeys not working in Win 8 Pro

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:00 am
by gpb
I am not able to reproduce the problem. I tested the program on Windows 8 with several hotkey combinations (ctrl-x, ctrl-shift-x) and it always worked correctly. It is possible some other running program interferes with hotkey handling. Do hotkeys work with other programs you are using ?

Re: hotkeys not working in Win 8 Pro

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:58 pm
by FFleer
Hi,

Thank you .. yes, hotkeys work in other apps. I've got a Lenovo laptop, been trying to figure out what is preventing the hotkeys from working. No idea at all so far, just your app that isn't working.

My Windows 8 Pro installation is only a couple months old. The system is stable, except for this problem. Do you have any suggestions?


Frank

Re: hotkeys not working in Win 8 Pro

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:03 pm
by FFleer
hi again,

Windows 8 keyboard hotkeys are working. As for your app, I have 2 settings that I want to work with. Is there a way to create a desktop icon for each setting? Then I can setup Windows hotkeys for each .... thoughts?


Frank

Re: hotkeys not working in Win 8 Pro

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 6:15 pm
by gpb
Of course you can prepare a couple of shortcuts and start MouseSS with a command line to set a specific configuration or simply switch to next one, here is the list of the command line switches:

/C : Opens configuration window

/E : Switch settings then exits

/1,/2,/3,/4,/5 : Sets the specified setting and exits. For example /2 loads set #2 then exits.

/Q : Closes an already running instance of MouseSpeedSwitcher

/D:x : Waits x milliseconds before starting (for example /D:1000 waits a second)

edit:
The command line switches can be used only if MouseSS is not running.

Re: hotkeys not working in Win 8 Pro

Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:01 pm
by FFleer
Hi again,

The above did it ... is there a cmd line switch that will "switch" between settings? Very odd, still haven't found out why your app is not working with hotkeys.



Frank

Re: hotkeys not working in Win 8 Pro

Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:36 am
by gpb
Hi,
the /E command line parameter switches between settings.
You problem is very strange, we are using the program every day on several computers and never had such problem, also no user reported it. Are you using some kind of security program ? Personal firewall or antivirus ? I am wondering whether it is possible that hotkeys can be blocked by these programs. They work in a way so simple that I don't understand what can go wrong.
Another question, I noticed some key combinations are not translated correctly by the hotkey control (for example Ctrl-PgUP), if you set a hotkey then close the hotkeys windows and open it again is the hotkey you set always the same or did it change in some way ?