I understand that DisplayFusion on Windows 10, from version 7.3.2 onward, disables any keybind combinations that incorporated Windows + E (Open Windows Explorer), and other Windows system reserved key combinations introduced in the November 2015 Windows update.

There is a registry edit for Windows 10 that will disable specific hotkeys. Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced, create an Expandable String Value called DisabledHotkeys and enter as values the hotkeys to be disabled. E.g.,

See https://www.ghacks.net/2015/03/22/how-to-disable-specific-global-hotkeys-in-windows/

Is there a way to take advantage of this registry workaround in order to use system reserved keybinds in DisplayFusion, either natively or through another workaround?

Hi Keith,

I wanted to see if there was a chance to permit this workaround, perhaps by changing the hard code ignore for Win+E shortcuts into a warning so that we could use the registry edit.

Thanks!

Was this implemented?

That's interesting and frustrating, because every new Windows release seems to usurp a Win key combination I'm using either here or with Autohotkey. The latest one was Win+Alt+B, which I map in AHK, and I uninstalled Game Bar to get it back. That was before I ran across this forum thread, which I came across when trying to use Win+B in DisplayFusion to map "Send to Back". I haven't tried the registry hack yet and may stick with Ctrl+Win+B, but I wonder if using the registry for "B" would have worked for Win+B and also made Windows surrender Win+Alt+B... lol

BTW, the inverse of "Send to Back" appears to be Alt+Tab. Some people say Alt+Esc works for "Send to Back", but when I use Alt+Esc, some apps brought to the front such as Outlook register Alt as being held down and show their Alt key shortcut tooltips. The DisplayFusion function doesn't have this side effect.