Media Direct button on 1420?

is there a way to change the media direct button on the keyboard to open say, firefox? i cannot find an option anywhere, but im probably not looking in the right place. can anyone help me out?

 

good question...is this possible?

 

http://forums.techguy.org/tech-tips-tricks/567324-playing-hotkeys-keyboard-shortcuts-using.html

I set mine up to launch Windows Media Player.

Code:

#NoTrayIcon
SC112::
Run C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe
return

Btw: 112 is the number linked to the Media Direct button on my 1520, it may be different on the 1420.

 

is there any way for me to find out the button number on the 1420? im not THAT good with computers. i also don't know where you go to edit the code, registry maybe? or just notepad but i wouldn't know what file to make it if that is infact what you do. could you or someone else help me out a little more?

 

It could be the same, try installing AutoHotKey and then saving the code I posted to a file called wmp.ahk. Double click the file, and if WMP comes up when you press the button, then you're in luck.

If not, I could probably help you through the steps to find your media direct key's ID.

 

Did you have to do anything to make the button NOT load MD? Or do you just not have it installed?

 

MD stopped launching when I pressed the button while windows was booted (still worked when the system was off, though) after I swapped the HDD from my original 1520 into the replacement they sent me. After over an hour on the phone with tech support I was told that the media direct button is not supposed to do anything when Windows is already on.

 

uhm when i hit the MD button on win i get MD launched. the MD doesnt have the exit icon (man walking) instead i have an normal X in the corner to close it...

 

hm, id rather you try and help me find the number for the button so that it isn't some other button that i use and then i wouldn't know how to undo it. i know it wouldn't be anything like enter or escape since all keyboards have the same numbers for those, escape being 1 i believe.

 

All you have to do to undo the hotkey script is restart the computer.

 

alright, it was 112. thanks! works great!

 

it worked perfectly right, but now it opens firefox AND media direct. what gives?

 

i had the same thing happen. if you don't want media direct, you can just format over the media direct partition. this stopped both from opening for me. it also made it so the media direct key also works as a power on button.

 

i don't even have a media direct partition.

 

This reminds me of the media buttons on my 6000... when I adjust the volume with the hotkeys when playing Counter-Strike, it counts as the "b" button and my buy menu pops up. I think I'll look into getting it to buy my packages.

 

Try removing Dell Quickset off your computer.

 

hey, tex. you can also use the task manager to undo scripts. just look for the name of the script and stop it. this saved me from a lot of restarts when messing around with writing scripts! word.

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