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Windows now requires me to press ctrl when using media keys for Spotify. - Nickster258 - 12-07-2014

NO clue how this happened, but I rebooted my PC one day and now I have to press ctrl every time I skip/play/pause/reverse a track on Spotify.

I listen to music all of the time and this has gotten really annoying, especially in gaming since the ctrl key does quite a lot.

How do I "re-assign" this as a global hotkey so I do not have to press ctrl all the time?


RE: Windows now requires me to press ctrl when using media keys for Spotify. - Chibill - 12-07-2014

Not sure... Also Nick I am streaming my build comp.


RE: Windows now requires me to press ctrl when using media keys for Spotify. - jxu - 12-07-2014

Why do you assume this is a windows problem and not a spotify problem


RE: Windows now requires me to press ctrl when using media keys for Spotify. - Nickster258 - 12-07-2014

Windows. I checked and apparently there are many issues regarding global hotkeys and windows media.


RE: Windows now requires me to press ctrl when using media keys for Spotify. - jxu - 12-07-2014

Did those issues have solutions posted?


RE: Windows now requires me to press ctrl when using media keys for Spotify. - Nickster258 - 12-08-2014

(12-07-2014, 06:47 AM)͝ ͟ ͜ Wrote: Did those issues have solutions posted?

Yes, however none of them helped. Some went as far as to disable windows media player entirely (because VLC is pro anyway) and even that didn't work.