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bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit |
Date: |
Thu, 11 Jul 2013 11:47:17 -0700 (PDT) |
> > I'm using Windows 7 64-bit, if that makes a difference.
> > (And the same code worked fine on Windows XP SP3.)
>
> Turns out it does make a difference. This documentation page:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
> us/library/windows/desktop/ms646309%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
>
> explicitly says that the behavior of the underlying API has changed
> since XP: if the hot key is already registered, the API now fails
> instead of replacing the old registration with the new. And Alt+TAB
> is hooked by the Windows Explorer. And indeed, on Windows 7 I see
> that the call to RegisterHotKey API consistently fails with an error
> code which says "Hot key is already registered".
Ouch. Awful. And hard to believe.
> Unless someone knows a way around this (I searched for it, but didn't
> find any solutions, only complaints), I guess this will remain a
> "known bug".
>
> Does this work for you with other key combinations, btw?
Dunno. Can you tell me some key combinations to try?
- bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit, Drew Adams, 2013/07/04
- bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/07/10
- bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit, Drew Adams, 2013/07/10
- bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/07/11
- bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit,
Drew Adams <=
- bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/07/11
- bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit, Drew Adams, 2013/07/11
- bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/07/12
- bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit, Drew Adams, 2013/07/12
- bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/07/12
- bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit, martin rudalics, 2013/07/12
- bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit, Drew Adams, 2013/07/12
- bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/07/12