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 Post subject: Start button and Action Center not working
PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:34 am 
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Hey there, thanks for this great application. It is a really nice implementation and I really appreciate how much nicer it makes my workflow.

Unfortunately on my new laptop which runs Windows 11, the start button and action center buttons are not working. I've tried removing them and re-adding them to no avail. I'm using the exact same buttons over on my desktop which also runs Windows 11, and they work over there with no issue.

Anything I can try to fix this?

Thanks a bunch!


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 Post subject: Re: Start button and Action Center not working
PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2023 11:19 am 
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Those work by mimicking key presses (e.g. WIN + A to invoke the Action Center). My guess is that you have the WIN key disabled on your laptop?

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 Post subject: Re: Start button and Action Center not working
PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:10 pm 
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Ah.

I have the Win key remapped to CTRL using PowerToys. On my desktop I'm able to do it through keyboard firmware.

Is there a workaround?

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 Post subject: Re: Start button and Action Center not working
PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2023 9:56 pm 
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Unfortunately not due to the way those internal commands are invoked. There is no direct API call to invoke those objects, so it needs to be done via a simulated key press.

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 Post subject: Re: Start button and Action Center not working
PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:21 am 
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It would be really nice if you could add a new item type that would allow me to specify a custom key combo to simulate.


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 Post subject: Re: Start button and Action Center not working
PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:30 am 
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Turns out that if I use SharpKeys instead of PowerToys to remap, the buttons work again.

I still think a custom shortcut would be a useful dock item type, but I'm stoked to have solved this.


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