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    8710p Calculator Button - customizable?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Sephael, Mar 11, 2008.

  1. Sephael

    Sephael Notebook Consultant

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    I was wondering if its possible to change the program executed by the button.

    I already changed my presentation and HP Center buttons to 3DSmax and Winamp :p I couldnt find the calc button in the options tho.

    Is there a patch or program that I can use to customize this button?

    Right now the button is pretty much useless for me, and I would love to change it to, lets say Firefox :p

    Thanks for any help in advance.
     
    Sephael, Mar 11, 2008
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  2. Sephael

    Sephael Notebook Consultant

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    bump. Help please D:
     
    Sephael, Mar 13, 2008
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  3. Sephael

    Sephael Notebook Consultant

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    I guess noone has ever done it.... :(
     
    Sephael, Mar 15, 2008
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    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    Google it?
     
    Crimsonman, Mar 15, 2008
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  5. Sephael

    Sephael Notebook Consultant

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    If I found anything, I wouldnt bother posting here, would I?
     
    Sephael, Mar 15, 2008
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    suland Notebook Evangelist

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    Nope, no such option found...
     
    suland, Mar 15, 2008
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Ya know, I've been looking...and I can't find an answer for this one... :(
     
    Greg, Mar 16, 2008
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    Hi Seph!

    If googling doesn't help, help yourself :)
    I had the same problem, searched the reg for calc.exe and found it:
    HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AppKey\18\ShellExecute.
    Change the value of the key to whatever you want (since I'm constantly using page up/down I constantly had stupid calcs appearing on my screen).
    I changed it to <blank>.

    Klaus
     
    KlausS, Apr 3, 2008
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  9. stevenkelby

    stevenkelby Notebook Consultant

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    Genius. Thanks! How do you know what value to change it to if you want to open a net browser, or media player, or whatever?
     
    stevenkelby, Apr 3, 2008
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    KlausS Newbie

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    Depends: iexplore.exe (talking M$), wmplayer.exe, whatever.exe :D
     
    KlausS, Apr 3, 2008
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  11. stevenkelby

    stevenkelby Notebook Consultant

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    Of course! I'm an idiot, sorry.

    Kind of obvious now that I think about it. :eek:

    Again, thanks a bunch for the info, very useful.

    I'm going to look into doing similar things with other buttons. Hope I don't brick it!
     
    stevenkelby, Apr 3, 2008
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