microsoft
Allow WinKey to be directly mapped for PT Run
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there is no way to map windows key to open up powertoys run
Right now we intentionally don't allow this as we didn't think we're quite good enough. if you feel we are, happy to reconsider
I fully understand why you wouldn't want to make the change quite yet, however, the workaround using PowerToys KBM (at least the one I know of), is kinda silly:
@Abdulfetahjemal You can workaround it by using PowerToys KBM
This is the workaround I know of:
- Map WIN → CTRL + SHIFT + P (as an example).
- Set PowerToys Run to CTRL + SHIFT + P
This works great for "replacing" Windows Search with PowerToys Run, however, other shortcuts become useless:
- WIN + D (and other)
- SHIFT + WIN + S (and other)
- WIN + arrows (really annoying not being able to use them, especially when you love PowerToys FancyZones)
- PowerToys ShortcutGuide
- basically any default shortcut using WIN
I thought maybe I could remap the shortcut WIN (for Windows Search) to CTRL + SHIFT + P (so I could still use other shortcuts), however, you are unable to set the second key from the shortcut to NONE. So WIN + NONE → CTRL + SHIFT + P isn't allowed.
Still waiting and pining for this feature. Any progress? Or new, better workarounds maybe?
I guess what needs to happen is actually not to simply rebind pressing WIN, but pressing it and RELEASING it without pressing any other key inbetween. Is this hard-coded into Windows, and cannot be changed?
Has there been any progress on this issue? Currently I'm using two different workarounds on my desktop and laptop, one based on authohotkeys and another on openshell but neither of them really work flawlessly and they always take some minute to trigger after turning on the pc
