It’s rather strange that Windows does not ship with an easy way to configure keyboard shortcuts in the system. Enter HoeKey. A lightweight portable software that can be used to configure various advanced keyboard shortcuts. Keyboard shortcuts can be edited and added to the computer system by editing a ini file that contains all the existing shortcuts. It basically comes down to the following. The user picks a keyboard combination containing the Windows, ALT, Shift or CTRL key plus one additional key and defines an action for that keyboard shortcut afterwards.
One of the biggest strengths of the application is the wide variety of possible actions that can be defined. It ranges from running applications, entering text, manipulating windows, changing system settings like the volume of the system. Hoekey supports multimedia keyboard keys and can control media playback on the computer system as well.
Probably the most amazing factor of this keyboard shortcuts program is its low resource usage. Once everything has been configured the application runs quietly in the background. It uses 200 Kilobytes of computer memory while running and 600 Kilobytes of virtual memory. That’s nothing compared to most other applications that allow the manipulation of keyboard shortcuts on the Windows operating system.
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[...] The application is completely portable and, because it doesn’t modify the system at all, you could safely use it for custom keyboard shortcuts on a work computer. Use HoeKey with some of the free ways we’ve suggested for syncing your files, and you’ll have the convenience of the same keyboard shortcuts at both your home and office terminals. HoeKey is a free download for Windows systems only. HoeKey [via gHacks] [...]
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[...] să apeşi CTRL+S, e o risipă de secunde. Adunate la o zi de lucru se simte. Astăzi am citit pe gHacks despre un program interesant: HoeKey. Da, da, aveţi dreptate: sunt multe astfel de programe, iar [...]
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[...] The application is completely portable and, because it doesn’t modify the system at all, you could safely use it for custom keyboard shortcuts on a work computer. Use HoeKey with some of the free ways we’ve suggested for syncing your files, and you’ll have the convenience of the same keyboard shortcuts at both your home and office terminals. HoeKey is a free download for Windows systems only. HoeKey [via gHacks] [...]
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[...] [via gHacks] 是一款轻量级的免费软件, 它可以帮助你实现扩展快捷键的愿望. [...]
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HoeKey is amazing, i’m surprised it has not been covered here before.
another huge advantage it has over other hotkey apps is that it can send windows API messages, so you can add global hotkey support to apps like iTunes as long as you can find the right parameters.
it is a bit tricky to set up since there is no GUI for setting hotkeys, but it’s worth the effort.
but having said all that, i set aside HoeKey once i found Hotkey Master. it is even more powerful than HoeKey, but is much easier to use, and works amazingly well for mapping my multimedia keyboard. it can even map special keys with modifiers like ALT or CTRL.
it’s ancient, but it works fine even on Windows 7. unfortunately, it is neither portable nor free (but just costs €4.23)
It’s really cool for launching different applications using shortcuts. If you want to use shortcuts for pasting a saved before, MemoKeys is another awesome shortcut utility.
Does Windows not have a way to configure shortcuts from within the OS? Is that a joke? KDE has had a way to configure shortcuts over ten years ago, and that was when Linux was still considered difficult to use!
very interesting….
can someone tell me what exactly is the file that windows uses for its shortcuts.
whats the .ini filled called?
much thanks!!
memokeys isnt free right? And what kind of memory does it consume?
I always wanted to know where is the location of these shortcuts. Great tip.
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take a look at hot chime. You set up a hot key to open the program and then enter any file, folder, website etc. and create any shortcut you want (with as few or many letters as you wish) with no need to include the windows, alt or ctrl keys. Hit the hot key to invoke hot chime and then type your shortcut.
Новый способ давления на кандидата на пост Главы г. Химки
Новый способ “наказать” тех, кто посмел участвовать в выборной кампании не на стороне действующей власти изобрели правоохранительные органы г.о. Химки.
Руководствуясь не нормой закона, а чьей-то “волей” сотрудники милиции решили “проверить” все фирмы, внесшие денежные средства в избирательный фонд неудобных кандидатов.
Начались “проверки” с телефонных звонков – где директор, сколько человек работает на фирме. После чего последовали “письма счастья” с просьбой предоставить всю бухгалтерскую документацию, учредительные документы фирмы, и даже, план экспликации БТИ.
Такие запросы химкинским фирмам рассылает 1 отдел Оперативно-розыскной части № 9 Управления по налоговым преступлениям ГУВД Московской области за подписью начальника подполковника милиции Д.В. Языкова.
И всё это в то время, когда Президент дал прямое указание правоохранительным органам о прекращении всех незаконных проверок малого и среднего бизнеса. С это целью внесены изменения в Федеральный закон “О милиции” – из статьи 11 этого закона исключены пункты 25 и 35, на основании которых ранее правоохранительные органы имели право проверять финансово-хозяйственную деятельность предприятий.
Видно, об изменениях действующего законодательства местные правоохранительные органы не уведомлены. И не смотрят телепередачи с выступлениями Президента.
Может быть, эта публикация подвигнет их к исполнению указаний Президента, а также к изучению и соблюдению действующего законодательства
i want you to send me more of the uses of keyboard shortcut through my e-mail box,
thanks,
kenny.o