thinkpad-hotkey-fix's Introduction

Thinkpad Hotkey Fix

Problem description: https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/r18cbr/comment/l30weol/

Kudos to csavalas, who came up with the initial fix! - This is a modified version of his original work.

Note: This will replace the default actions of the F9 (messages), F10 (answer call) and F11 (hang up call) keys on modern ThinkPads with the following...

| F9 - Play/Pause | F10 - Previous song | F11 - Next song |

Requirements:

OS: Windows (tested on 10 & 11)
Have the Lenovo Vantage app installed

Instructions:

Download the latest release and extract the .zip file to a folder (NOTE: the folder name should not contain spaces.)
Copy the path of each ex_9x.vbs file (Ctrl + Shift + C or Right click > Copy as path)
Open tp-hotkeys-fix.reg with notepad.
Replace the paths for each file accordingly (lines 8, 15 and 22). Do not remove quotation marks from the original file. You must also replace \ in the file paths with \\ | For example: C:\Users\Oh_Shoot01\hotkeys-fix\ex_98.vbs would become C:\\Users\\Oh_Shoot01\\hotkeys-fix\\ex_98.vbs.
If Microsoft Teams is installed on your computer, delete the last line of code: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Teams]
Save and exit the file.
Double click the tp-hotkeys-fix.reg file.
Select Yes/OK on any confirmation dialogs that appear.
Done!

Extra: if you wish to hide this folder, you can set it to hidden in its properties menu (select Apply changes to this folder only if prompted with a Confirm Attribute Changes dialogue).

Reference:

The registry file creates/modifies the following keys:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\ShortcutKey\AppLaunch\Ex_96
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\ShortcutKey\AppLaunch\Ex_97
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lenovo\ShortcutKey\AppLaunch\Ex_98
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Teams

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