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    VPCZ1290X: Ctrl-M doesn't work.

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by jetz9335, Nov 6, 2010.

  1. jetz9335

    jetz9335 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have realized that Ctrl-M shortcut doesn't work in Visual studio with my Vaio Z. So I wrote an application to check if the key code is even passed properly and found that Ctrl-M doesn't really get passed. All other keys works just fine with Ctrl key pressed, but when I press M with Ctrl pressed, the BIOS just doesn't send any key code to the application.

    In Vsual Studiio, Ctrl+M,M is used to toggle outlining and I found this is annoying. Does anyone have the same issue with their Z?

    ======================== Found the reason =======================
    It was Bing Bar. It started working after uninstalling it.
     
    jetz9335, Nov 6, 2010
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    Achusaysblessyou eecs geek ftw :D

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    Just for troubleshooting purposes does M work? Also is this affecting both Ctrl keys? I've never used Visual Studio, so i don't know if that's a problem, but i've never experienced a problem like that where a key(or a combination of keys) would not register... I did check if Ctrl-M works for me and my program did do what i mapped Ctrl-M does. Have you tried using Ctrl-M with other software?
     
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    ctrl m works for me as well


    vpc-z125gx
     
    ng12345, Nov 7, 2010
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    jetz9335 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hmm.. other software also doesn't recoganize Ctrl-M. As it works for you guys, I guess this might be some software that I have on system then.

    I will see if I can identify the issue then.
     
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    Doh... It was Bing Bar. It started working when I uninstalled Bing Bar.
     
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    lol Bing bar


    btw, Autohotkey, look into it. Lets you map/remap any shortcuts you want. I have about 20 going on but my biggies are Capslock minimize, alt-Capslock close, Win-S sleep, alt-click window dragging like linux, ctrl-alt-f format painter in office, etc etc. It also lets me map Win7 type goodies on my work WinXP laptop.
     
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    I wonder why Bing Bar affected it... does Ctrl-M have anything to do with it?
     
    Achusaysblessyou, Nov 7, 2010
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    I tried pressing Ctrl-M everywhere to see which application hijacks the keycode and found that the focus moves to Bing bar in IE when I press it.

    I don't know why but it appears that the Bing bar consumes the keycode from the system level and eat it so other application won't be able to regognize it anymore.
     
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    lol, serves you right for installing the Bing bar. :p
     
    infzy, Nov 7, 2010
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  10. Achusaysblessyou

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    Haha, yeah... that bar is ridiculous... installed all this crapware on my system...
     
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    Well.. I tried to bring some equalibrium in the search world, but I guess it has consequences.

    (Hmm.. somehow I feel like I am repeating Oracle in the Matrix.) :)
     
    jetz9335, Nov 8, 2010
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