Support for changing calculator

[Olli-M]

I want to open a different calculator app from the calculator key (equals in the numpad area) The keycode is EX92 according to Procmon when following the #1 instructions. My laptop is a lenovo P53

[csavalas]

Hi Olli,

I don't have support for the calculator key built into the current version of the app. If you'd like to perform that customization in the meantime, try this out:
Navigate to: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\ShortcutKey\AppLaunch\Ex_92 in regedit.exe and take screenshots of the contents for me to take a look.

[Olli-M]

Interestingly enough it seems to not be found at all, I did check and its the 64 bit regedit and searched for Ex_92 throughout the registry but it isn't there at all. Very strange. I added a picture from procmon, from regedit, as well as the exported file from procmon, just in case that will help.

I did check for Ex_92 in:

• HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\tphkload\ShortcutKey\AppLaunch\Ex_92
• HKLM\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\ShortcutKey\AppLaunch\Ex_92
• HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\AppModel\Lookaside\machine\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\ShortcutKey\AppLaunch\Ex_92

but it does not exist in any of them. The software folder (last) does not even have a folder for lenovo.

Without seing how the program works, I suspect its maybe trying to check if there are any defined registry settings for those keys and then depending on that either opening the preset calc.exe or not.

SHTCKY.zip

[csavalas]

Hi Olli,

As a test, try importing this into your registry, and let me know if that calculator key now opens notepad.exe instead:

olli_notepad_test.zip

[Olli-M]

Hi,
That changed nothing, still ran normally, but upon checking the values of Ex_13, and using similar values I got it to work. It should be this, except that the registry value has to be in the REG_EXPAND_SZ format.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\ShortcutKey\AppLaunch\Ex_92]
"AppType"=dword:00000003

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\ShortcutKey\AppLaunch\Ex_92\UIAccess]
"File"="C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe"
"Parameters"=""

It does not however work for a variety of other apps, I have tested:

• HP Prime Calculator (Didn't work)

• Notepad ++ (Didn't work)

• a shortcut to HP Prime Calculator placed inside system32 (Didn't work)

• Steam (Didn't work)

• Microsoft word (Didn't work)

• Lenovo Vantage (Worked)

• Notepad (Worked)

I have attached a working log (Notepad) as well as a not working log (Word)

Logs.zip

p.s. I don't know if all windows languages need it, but the S in System32 needs to be capitalized, was doing a bit of debugging and it threw me for a loop for a bit. First I thought I needed to have it be: %SystemRoot%\System32\notepad.exe until I figured that out.