Windows – Shift + F10 does not work in Windows 8

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I have a Dell laptop and it does not have the right click menu key. In the preceding link it is mentioned that either Shift + F10 or Ctrl + Shift + F10 works as right click menu key.

The key combination of Shift + F10 used to work for me but now it has stopped working. Neither does Ctrl + Shift + F10. And I can't figure out why?

Can anyone give me some pointers where I should be looking for this to work again? Can programs hijack key-combination functions? If yes then any way to find out which programs?

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If you have SnagIt installed, check it's hotkey configuration....by default, it is configured to capture Shift + F10. Change it to something else to get Shift + F10 workiing normally again.

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Then Autohotkey is your new best friend. You program whatever hot key you like to do/launch whatever command or program you require. For example '#z::Run www.autohotkey.com' means when you press the windows key and Z together, it will run autohotkey's website. Or

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means when you press CTRL+ALT+N it checks to see if you already have an unsaved/new notepad window open and brings it to the foreground. If you do not have one already open the key presses will open a new notepad window for you.

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Windows – Left shift key displays right click menu

As this issue only happens with the one keyboard, then it may be worth while just getting a new keyboard to save any headaches.

You can down load the free tool AutoHotKey and map the Shift + Menu combination to just the left shift and see if this overwrites the fault.

Obviously this will only work if you never need to use the combination Shift+Menu

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