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    Modifying Aspire Timeline ShortCut Keys

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by weinter, Jul 6, 2009.

  1. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    The follow is the Registry Entry for Acer Aspire Timeline.
    I already modified this key to point to Windows Media Player.

    If you want it to point to other programs, simply

    1. copy and paste onto notepad
    2. Change "wmplayer.exe" to something else the reason I don't use the full path is because wmplayer is in C:\Windows and the shortcut can automatically find anything in C:\Windows.
    3. If the program is in Program Files you have to use the full path eg."C:\Program Files\XXX\XXX.exe"
    4. Change the Label and description (although it doesn't work as in display the word Windows Media Player when you click it)
    5. Save as backup.reg
    6. Double Click then Confirm and you are done.
    7.There are other keys however I don't recommend modifying them as they are pretty useful like battery saver mode and Wireless Shortcut.
    8.To Locate other shortcut keys find the executable path and trace it to the specific keys.
    9.LManager (LaunchManager) always hold the key data.
     
    weinter, Jul 6, 2009
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  2. Tocharius

    Tocharius Notebook Consultant

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    Nice!

    In Win7 64bit, the path is:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Inventec\LManager\Settings\Buttons\Backup

    Probably the 32bit legacy emulator.
     
    Tocharius, Jul 7, 2009
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  3. arsad

    arsad Notebook Enthusiast

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    On my Vista 32-bit Acer Timeline 5810TZ the registry item was found at:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wistron\LManager\Settings\Buttons\Backup
     
    arsad, Aug 10, 2009
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  4. zeroblaze

    zeroblaze Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys, any ideas where is the registry for Vista 64bit? I tried searching it but can't seem to find it. Thanks in advance.
     
    zeroblaze, Sep 9, 2009
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  5. dbius

    dbius Newbie

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    Under Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit I found the key here:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wistron\LManager\Settings\Buttons\Backup

    edit: same place like arsad said before
     
    dbius, Jan 3, 2010
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  6. lmorsi

    lmorsi Newbie

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    Found mine at:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Compal\LManager\Settings\Buttons\Backup

    In order to have a one-touch mute key, I downloaded nircmd.exe from http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html and changed reg in the above key to:

    Command: nircmd.exe mutesysvolume 2
    Command Type: 1
    Configable: 1
    Description: Mute
    Label: Mute

    Note: I put the nircmd.exe in the windows folder, forgot to mention that. Also, since everyone's key seems to be in a different place, I wanted to mention that searching the HKEY Local Machine part of the registry for the word buttons and checking just the box for "keys", not "value" or "data", was how I found mine.

    Thanks for the tip. Love not having a useless touch key there.
     
    lmorsi, Jan 14, 2010
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  7. Transmogriff

    Transmogriff Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just get this error message:

    "Cannot import backup.reg: The specified file is not a registry script. You can only import binary registry files from within the registry editor."

    When I try to import the file in regedit, I get the same message. Help!
     
    Transmogriff, Sep 13, 2010
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