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Questions tagged [keystrokes]

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How to determine which app is stealing (listening on) keystroke / key combination (Windows)?

CTRL+S and CTRL+A is not working on my computer at work. I presume that some application working in background is listening on that keystroke so accessing 'Save' feature via key combination in all other programs is broken. I tried to kill some…
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How to open the upper left context menu via keystroke (for PuTTY on Windows)

Does anybody know a keystroke to open the upper left context menu in Windows operating systems? I'm referring to the one listling: Restore Move Size Minimize Maximize Close In particular I want to restart individual 'inactive' putty sessions…
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What software is available for showing keystrokes on the screen?

I will be demoing software which is very shortcut driven and it would be helpful to the audience if they could see what keys I am pressing. I need something that will show keystrokes on the screen. A bonus would be if the software could tell when I…
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How do I press CTRL+T when on youtube?

On Youtube.com the flash applet seems to suck the input focus. Shortcuts like CTRL+T or ALT don't seem to work. How can you make a new window without having to touch the mouse (keyboard only) when on youtube.com or other sites that have a flash app…
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Is there a way to make sure that my keystrokes are not being tracked?

Is there a way to make sure that my keystrokes (for passwords) are not being tracked? I need to change my passwords and was wondering if there is a way to make it so that my keystrokes are not being recorded.
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macro keystrokes via input file?

I am thinking of writing one up but i'll ask first. Are there any apps that will do keystrokes to an application via an input file? i have a list of 1400 keystrokes i need to do. Basically its 4 numbers a right click, down arrow a few times and…
user3109
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Executor/Launchy alternative for Linux?

I am a new Ubuntu user and am looking for an alternative to Executor or Launchy, both keystroke launchers. I have tried Gnome DO which is very similar to Launchy and it's good but I still miss Executor's functionality. The major difference between…
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Send Alt-F1 and Alt-F2 keystrokes from PuTTY

I've set up an Bitvise SSH server in Windows 7 and it works well except I can't control FAR Manager from PuTTY by sending Alt-F1 and Alf-F2 keystrokes. What to do?
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Looking for an application which types the string or text I give to it

The usage scenario is typing the product keys into the mutliple textboxes. The app is supposed to press all the keys for me when I press some keys like, ctrl+Q. I don’t think such an application would be common, so thanks in advance if you ever…
Uğur Gümüşhan
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Strange experience in my laptop of certain keys not working

I actually asked this in HP support forums and their Customer Service Rep., but no one knows whats going on.So, I am throwing open this question here , esp. so that some Geek Squad guy, who has seen this before can give an insight into what could be…
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Can I use a second keyboard to generate particular keystrokes?

The solution may be otherwise, but the question itself is quite simple: Is there anything (software, a relatively easy way to develop it, or anything) that can allow me to plug a second USB keyboard and assign specific keystrokes to it? By the way,…
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Can't type lowercase "q" in parallels

When I type a lowercase "q" in any program on the Parallels side of my iMac, the parallels desktop disappears, and all of the open program windows appear to be floating in front of the Mac desktop (the Parallels icon in the dock still appears to be…
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A 'deselect' keystroke?

There is probably not a way to do this, but here's the situation: I am running a Silverlight 4 app in Google Chrome, and on occasion I hit cmd-A (select all) out of habit. It selects the entire SL frame, making it all blue, and I can't deselect it…
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How do I track down which program generates keypresses?

"Enter Key" gets pressed often without me pressing it. So there has to be a program that runs in the background and does this, how do I find out which one does this? One common suspect is AutoHotKey. I exited autohotkey and still had the same…
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Mac OS shortkey for popping up the Finder window?

I would like to know whether there is a shortkey in Mac Os for my finder window to pop up? For example, when I download a file via firefox, I want to go to the ~/Downloads directory. This process is tedious using mouse, so I am looking for a…
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