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    These quickplay buttons...

    Discussion in 'HP' started by CyRu5, Mar 26, 2007.

  1. CyRu5

    CyRu5 Notebook Geek

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    Any way to customize them? I really don't have a need for two buttons to auto open HP QuickPlay, a program I never use...
    The 'QuickPlay' button, and the 'DVD' button...

    i believe all hp pavilions have these buttons but i'm not 100% sure on that. Anyway, my model number is dv9235nr

    And to be more specific, i would like to change what these buttons do. For example, instead of opening HP QuickPlay, it could open Firefox, or my videos folder. I was able to do such things with my Microsoft keyboard, so i'm wondering if it's poss to do the same with these keys...
     
    CyRu5, Mar 26, 2007
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    SideSwipe Notebook Virtuoso

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    HP quicklaunch button options are in control panel but i havent been able to assign programs to them, even if the option is available
     
    SideSwipe, Mar 26, 2007
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    there is an "add button" right next to the assignments thing there, and you can browse and set it to a program
     
    ShellBullet, Mar 26, 2007
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    Yes, I associate the quickplay buttons to Windows Media Player..
     
    agent007, Mar 26, 2007
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  5. CyRu5

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    How do you change the settings? I totally can't find it...
     
    CyRu5, Mar 28, 2007
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    Start -> HP quicklaunch buttons -> change the programs associated to the icons.
     
    Mjay, Mar 28, 2007
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  7. CyRu5

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    It's totally not in my start menu. I might have deleted it when I just got my computer and I was deleting some of the useless shortcuts like AOL and whatever else there was.

    Any other way of accessing it?

    It's also not in my control panel for some reason. I installed the latest drivers for it, supplied from HP's site...
     
    CyRu5, Mar 31, 2007
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  8. JadedRaverLA

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    CyRu5 -- you're SOL, I'm afraid. The control panel applet to reconfigure what the buttons do, only exists in Windows XP. In Vista, you're stuck with the way they came configured -- at least for now.
     
    JadedRaverLA, Mar 31, 2007
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    HP's current Vista drivers don't support customising the shortcuts but I hope that'll be changed soon.
     
    Zcott, Mar 31, 2007
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