Program short-cut keys

The short-cut keys on my programs in Win98 stopped working.

If I re-enter the key-combos, they will work until I re-boot and
then refuse to work again. The DOS screen combo won't
work at all (even though it is entered).

Has anybody seen this?

Thanks for any help.

Jack

That is called a "hot key", a "shortcut key" or an "accelerator key". I
have a book that says...

(1) "If you later want to remove the key combination, click in the
Shortcut key field, press Backspace & click OK."
(2) The only other information I have for you is, p. 289, "If you have
just created a shortcut, you have to restart Windows to have the hot key
take effect."

http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "Shortcut key"; Windows 98; Full Text; Exact Phrase; does come up
with many, including...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...04&Product=w98
Desktop Shortcut Key Cannot Be Reassigned if Shortcut Is Deleted
(192804) - When you try to assign a shortcut key combination used by
another desktop shortcut on your Microsoft Windows 98-based computer or
Microsoft Windows 95-based computer with Internet Explorer 4.0 or 4.01
installed, you may be unable to do so. This may...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...52&Product=w98
Shortcut Key for Shortcut Does Not Work
(134552) - You are unable to run a shortcut by pressing its shortcut
key.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...80&Product=w98
Shortcut Key Starts No Program or the Wrong Program
(237380) - When you use a shortcut key to start a program, the wrong
program may start or no program may start.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...17&Product=w98
The Shortcut Key Is Unavailable After Office 2000 Setup
(229117) - After you run Microsoft Office 2000 Setup, the option to set
a shortcut key may be unavailable.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...64&Product=w98
Desktop Shortcut Keys to MS-DOS-Based Program May Not Work
(193264) - When you try to use a shortcut key combination assigned to
any desktop shortcut for an MS-DOS-based program, the shortcut key
combination may not function (nothing happens).


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"J. Yazel" wrote in message
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| The short-cut keys on my programs in Win98 stopped working.
|
| If I re-enter the key-combos, they will work until I re-boot and
| then refuse to work again. The DOS screen combo won't
| work at all (even though it is entered).
|
| Has anybody seen this?
|
| Thanks for any help.
|
| Jack
|

Thanks for the pointers.

These keys have been working for a long time. The problem just
appeared after I re-installed Win98 Service Pack 1 CD.

Jack

You are welcome. Perhaps the answer will be in one of those URLs. I
don't fool with shortcuts keys myself, but I'm thinking... Once one is
created in a shortcut, it must be properly deleted in that same
shortcut. You can't just change it to something else.

But better go look at the URLs.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"J. Yazel" wrote in message
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|
| Thanks for the pointers.
|
| These keys have been working for a long time. The problem just
| appeared after I re-installed Win98 Service Pack 1 CD.
|
| Jack
|