Remapping eject key?

I swapped my optical out a few months ago and I've had this useless eject button since then.

Anyone know if there's a way to remap it to do something (anything) else? The holy grail for me would be to map it to switch between graphics cards...

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

Doesn't look like it's possible. SharpKeys doesn't recognize the press as a key, I think it might be a low-level key that bypasses windows somehow. This happens even with action keys off

 

I don't think its even recognized by Windows since the optical drive needs to be accessible even in BIOS mode. Getting a CD to eject before booting confirms this.

 

This...is disheartening. Thanks for the feedback. Anyone else please chime in with thoughts.

 

You could always remap the "right click" key to switch. I remapped mine to be F15, then set switcher to F15 to the right click key now activates an expose-type window switcher

 

you can always just make your own gpu swap hotkeys.

ctrl+alt+g and h or whatever.


mess around with hotkeys in the catalyst control center (preferences in the top right, hotkeys, pick ati 5650 gpu or whatever, go to power saving and high powered gpus and make some hotkeys.

apply and save 'em, make sure they work, etc

 

Yeah, true, thanks for the suggestions and tips.

I just thought a one-button solution would give me something on par with the Vaio Z solution for hybrid graphics. A physical switch is pretty handy.

Oh well.

 

You can. Read the post above Magus's if you're willing to give up your right click key between the right ctrl and right alt

 

reviving this thread ... does anyone know how to correctly configure the eject key on envy laptops ? .... i got a new blu-ray drive to replace my existing one, and the eject key no longer ejects discs, but i can right click on the drive and eject from there ....

 

Use AutoHotKey. For example, I have my Ctrl+Win+O to open my tray:

Code:

#^o::Drive,Eject,

If you need any (basic) help using AutoHotKey, let me know.

Why don't you just get the drive replaced if it's new, though?

 

i replaced the drive with a teac bd xl burner. the drive i had was giving me problems reading from some bd's and it was only 2x. the new drive reads bd's @ 6x.

thanks for the suggestion, i guess this is my only option since the dedicated eject key is not registered in windows .... i still would want to find a way to enable eject via the key, but for now i'll just remap to the right-click key.

 

i cant map the right click key (between ralt and rctrl), i dont know what it corresponds to for autohotkey.

if i could figure out what the keycode is for the eject key, i think i can use autohotkey to make it work. im looking for a simple 1-press solution, i didnt expect to lose functionality of the key after swapping the drive.

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sent via android

 

for Right Ctrl+Right Mouse Click

Code:

>^RButton::Drive,Eject,

For reference, use these links:
Hotkeys (Mouse, Joystick and Keyboard Shortcuts)
List of Keys and Mouse/Joystick Buttons for Hotkeys and Macros

 

i tried adding this line to the script but did not work.

i doubt the drive lacks this functionality, it's just a matter of finding out what the keycode is and mapping it. i will hold out until someone discovers what the keycode is for the dedicated eject button on hp's

 

Hmm... it works on this end. The only thing I can think of is maybe your drive isn't the "first one" as recognized by AHK. I don't think the eject buttons on drives are keyboard keys - it is a button linked to the hardware (your optical drive), but it doesn't talk to the OS.

 

if anyone knows more about hacking the bios to figure this out i'm willing to try it ....