On Aug 27 02:42, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! > > > On Aug 26 15:23, Andrey Repin wrote: > >> Greetings, Corinna Vinschen! > >> > >> > On Aug 26 12:56, Helmut Karlowski wrote: > >> >> > > Guess that's better than to stick with the kludges, migration to 10 > >> >> > > is > >> >> > > on the way. > >> >> > From what I've seen and heard W10, while mostly stable, still coerces > >> >> > users > >> >> > towards the software as (an expensive) service model and follows the > >> >> > dictum > >> >> > that Microsoft knows more about what you want than you do (default > >> >> > saves to > >> >> > microsoft cloud storage, grabs your pictures for background slide show > >> >> > without asking, etc.). > >> >> > >> >> I hope I can customize it to behave like XP (only the goodies of > >> >> course). > >> > >> > http://classicshell.net > >> > >> That doesn't solve the hotkeys bound at driver levels, unfortunately. > >> Half of my keyboard dead now thanks to the move to Win7. > > > I don't understand this one. Quick explanation, please, even if it's OT? > > I was using Win+Arrows to switch between virtual desktops, and > Shift+Win+Arrows to move windows between desktops. > For years. > Decades even. > But SUDDENLY Microsoft decided that having such freedom is too much for the > user, or perhaps it was considered a security risk, I don't know. > I can no longer use these keys in userland. > Even if I disable the idiotic functionality that is bound to them by default, > I can't use these keys for anything else.
Well, I guess you're supposed to do this by wiping over the screen with your fingertip... On a more serious note, I read https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-desktop/how-do-i-change-the-windows-7-keyboard-shortcuts/0110d32d-66c0-4ce7-8682-eeb896e80c3f Maybe one of AutoHotKey or KEYWIN2 are helpful? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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