calculatorkeyboardwindows 10
My keyboard has a "calculator" key on it. In the registry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AppKey\18
I have ShellExecute set to C:\Program Files (x86)\SpeedCrunch\SpeedCrunch.exe.
While regedit is open focused, pressing the calculator key opens up SpeedCrunch, but at any other time the key opens up Windows 10's calculator app.
How can I set it to open SpeedCrunch at all times with my calculator key?
Finally figured out a solution!
UPDATE 2014
This has been tested on Windows 8 and 8.1 and works.
Using a VBS file will make the calculator instance keep focus.
Dim oShell
Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WScript.Shell")
oShell.run "C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe", 0, False
Set oShell = Nothing
Just create a text file like calculator.vbs and copy/paste the above code and double click or link the file to your keyboard button.
[ORIGINAL ANSWER]
Hopefully this isn't specific to a version of IntelliType. However I'm using IntelliType 8.2 x64 for Windows 7 with my Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000.
Once you have installed IntelliType go to Control Panel -> Keyboard then Key Settings tab.
Find the Calculator button in the Key Name column and click Configure. It will be defaulted to "Starts Calculator" now choose "Start a program, Web page, or file" and locate your copy of calc.exe which should be in your system32 folder. In my case it's "C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe"
Click "Finish" and it's now assigned and working as it did on previous Windows.
Now when you click the calculator button it will open multiple calculators instead of just bringing focus to an existing one.
As part of owning a business I do most of the bookkeeping. And having the ability to rapidly open multiple calculators with the calc button is great!
Interesting. I'm on Windows 10 Pro x64 and I can edit the value.
Right click on Advanced and choose "Permissions".
Click your user name and make sure you have full permissions:
If you don't, try allowing yourself full control (if the boxes are available).
If they're greyed out like in my screenshot, but you don't have full access, you can try to take ownership of the object by clicking Advanced
Then next to Owner click Change:
Type your username into the box and then press Check Names. Press Okay, then before you press Okay again make sure the following is selected:
Best Answer
Try surrounding the path to SpeedCrunch in quotation marks ("):
Create a new registration file with a text editor and save as
keyboard_calc_to_speedcrunch.reg:Import/merge
keyboard_calc_to_speedcrunch.reginto the registry.nircmd.exe shellrefreshTo restore the original behaviour, create and merge
keyboard_calc_restore.reg: