Problem registering F12 as a hotkey in Windows XP

[Reginald0]

Hi, folks!

I'm using a program to set global hotkeys in Windows XP, and it works great from F1 to F11, but my problem is: When I try to register F12 as a hotkey, the following error message appears: "Error. Unable to register the specified Hotkey. The Hotkey is probably busy, already taken by another program. Please choose another Hotkey."
How can I determine which other program has taken the F12 key? Which entry in the Windows registry do I have to check? Is it possible to change the according registry entry by hand so that the program will be able to take the F12 key? I really would like to use F12 as a hotkey.

Thanks in advance.

Reginald0

 

[aquias]

I haven't tried this out...but it looks as though it should do the job

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article02-022

 

[bcastner]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...cd-d4c1-4943-9c74-d8df57ef19d7&DisplayLang=en

http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/

On some systems this key is reserved in the BIOS for a special function (change boot order, for example) and may not be remappable.

You should check the default settings under XP for each keymap:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301583&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

 

[Reginald0]

bcastner, thanks a lot!!!

The link

http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/

that point to KeyTweak solved my problem. I remapped my F12 key to some key that doesn't exist on my keyboard (mute sound, for example) and the Windows begins to use it's key code, thinking it is F12. Simple but very effective.

PS: Sorry for delay to answer, I was traveling

Reginald0