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    Music Hotkeys Not Working in Windows 7? (T61p)

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by BoredPirate, Oct 25, 2009.

  1. BoredPirate

    BoredPirate Notebook Enthusiast

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    Recently, I installed Windows 7 onto my laptop. Everything went smoothly. However, I can't seem to figure out why my music hotkeys (Fn + Dir keys) won't work. I can only shuffle if the audio player is my active window whereas back in Vista, I could play/pause/shuffle songs while the audio player was minimized.

    I've installed System Interface Driver and the Hotkey Features Driver but can't seem to figure out this last part. Anyone have a solution?
     
    BoredPirate, Oct 25, 2009
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  2. aadadams

    aadadams Notebook Deity

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    Confirmed, but I never new about those abilities so I don't miss them. Wait I do know now and I am missing them, DOH!
     
    aadadams, Oct 25, 2009
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    Does anyone have a solution?
     
    BoredPirate, Oct 30, 2009
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    What audio player are you using? Media Player? Winamp? Something else?
     
    lenardg, Oct 30, 2009
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    I tried it with itunes. I rarely use WMP, if ever.
     
    aadadams, Oct 30, 2009
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    Although I have a T500, the keys themselves should be outputting the same keycodes to the OS.

    I have them working with at least Winamp and Spotify (and of course WMP, which I never use :) ). But just as a reference case you could try to launch WMP with some music and try if the keys work. Both when WMP is active and when it is not.
     
    lenardg, Oct 30, 2009
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    i personally use foobar and set global hotkeys to control the music. it's even better because you can, say, press ctrl+up ANYWHERE to play/pause the music. you don't necessarily have to have foobar running as the current program

    hope this helps
     
    cassiohui, Oct 30, 2009
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    WMP works with the controls when active and when inactive or minimized.
     
    aadadams, Oct 31, 2009
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