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    Instant Launch - Toggle Power Plans?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by supertoast92, Jan 20, 2012.

  1. supertoast92

    supertoast92 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm still indecisive as to what to set my instant launch button to, nothing seems really useful...I have it set to turning off the monitor at the moment.

    I had an idea though, how about setting it so it will toggle between the Windows Power Plans, such as from Balanced to Power Saver to High Performance, etc. I know it's easy to make two clicks in the toolbar to change the plan, this is just an idea for the lazy :D
     
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  2. toronto

    toronto Notebook Deity

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    I wish there were a way to re-map the Wavs Audio button and Windows Mobility Center button to do something else. I rarely use those two panels, so it would be great to use those two buttons for other things.
     
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    Auron Notebook Guru

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    I have mine set to turn off the monitor. I originally set it for self destruct but decided that *might* not be in my best interest.
     
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    set to internet brower, but is there a way to launch it as the active programme instead of click on it in the taskbar to use it?
     
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    Actually the middle button maps to a program usrbutton.exe or something in the c:\program files\dell folder.. i guess you can change it to any other program you want and it will launch that? Also, if I remember correctly, you can use programs like autohotkey to remap the buttons to other functions. I will verify once I get my computer fixed... my ssd died :(
     
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