Assigning Keyboard Buttons

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HankL wrote:
> I have a wireless keyboard.
> Is there a way to assign buttons on my keyboard as an example I have a
> calculator button and would like to use a calculator other than the
> one that Windows supplies.
>
> Thank you,
> Hank Laskin

Which keyboard???
Did the wireless keyboard come with a user manual or help file? Does the
manufacturer have a website?

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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In news:%23R9Heu06EHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl,
Rick "Nutcase" Rogers <rick@mvps.org> typed:

> That would depend on the driver supplied by the manufacturer.
> If the
> custom keys are mappable, then the place to look is the
> keyboard
> applet in the control panel. Using a standard keyboard driver
> supplied by WindowsXP will not support the hotkeys, you need to
> ensure that you are using the manufacturer's driver set.


Another choice for Hank, if that doesn't work, is to overlay the
Windows calculator, at
%SystemRoot%\System32\calc.exe with the calculator of his choice.
Of course, that will make the Windows calculator unavailable, so
he may want to first rename it something else, so it's easy to
get back if he wants to.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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> "HankL" <hlaskin@bendnet.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Z6Ookt6EHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>I have a wireless keyboard.
>> Is there a way to assign buttons on my keyboard as an example
>> I have
>> a calculator button and would like to use a calculator other
>> than
>> the one that Windows supplies.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Hank Laskin

Since like you said the permissions for system32 folder are so enforced... Just put the full path name for the program you want to open as the data :

"c:\program files\folder\program.exe"