super_paws
join:2008-01-28 | reply to inGearX
Re: Hot key volume control in Vista?
I'm in the exact situation as you.
I use GAC everyday with XP and won't upgrade to Vista because of it.
Let me know if you find a solution. |
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DOStradamus
MVM
join:2003-11-04
Santa Rosa, CA
| reply to inGearX
(this ain't OT) I have a keyboard with volume and mute keys (plus a few others), and am happy to see that they also control the volume out my SPDIF(digital), on the 6.0A kernel in Longhorn, unlike the 5.x in XP and 2k3.
"HOW THESE WORK (And how I reprogrammed the other, stupid labeled keys to do useful things)":
There is a spot in the registry where actions for Application Keys are stored, things like Volume Up, Vol Down, Mute, Browser Back, and "Calc" (which runs MY favorite "calculator" -- GWBASIC!).
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AppKey
is where it's at.
This place for "always listened for" key values is just the "tip" of much larger native support for what you're trying to do -- the most probable reason that your app can't do what it does, is that Windows already has its "hands" on the keystrokes used for this kind of thing, and has them funnelled off before your old app can get to them.
One of my "tasks in rotation", is figuring the Application Key interface out -- everything to do what you used to use a 3rd-party app for is there -- I've seen all the parts, and now I'm playing "Concentration" -- asking myself "where did I see thae match for that", but without Bob Barker's patter to distract me.
You can handle a few extra mouse clicks over the next dozen days, eh? If so, Christmas will be quite "merry" for ye.
-NK |
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inGearX
3.1415 9265
join:2000-06-11
New York
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said by Greg_Z  :I tried it, and had no problems. Try going into Advanced System settings under System in Control Panel, and under Advanced Tab/Performance/Advanced/Virtual Memory, uncheck "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives", and that may fix it. Mate in Vista this application fails to work - I dare anyone to try to get it to work :'(
Maybe there is any alike application ?
Pleaaaaase help |
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Greg_Z
Premium
join:2001-08-08
Springfield, IL | reply to inGearX
I tried it, and had no problems. Try going into Advanced System settings under System in Control Panel, and under Advanced Tab/Performance/Advanced/Virtual Memory, uncheck "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives", and that may fix it. |
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inGearX
3.1415 9265
join:2000-06-11
New York
clubs:
|  I have used Global Audio Control for years (»www.snapfiles.com/get/globalaudio.html)
I bind Win+A for Volume UP, Win+Z for down and Win+Q for Mute
but this application fails to work in Vista :'(
I am soooooo used to it...
Any alternative I can try? There has got to be some even primitive method (batch file) to bind Win+A to increase volume...
Thank you all... |
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