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Issue: Alt+F5 doesn't work

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Description of the issue

The keyboard shortcut Alt+F5 doesn't work in Total Commander.

Solution

This may be caused by a display driver using system wide keyboard shortcut(s).

Disable keyboard shortcut used by ATI display driver

The solutions below worked in the past and are listed here for reference.

Solution 1:

  • Right click on the desktop
  • Choose "Properties"
  • Click on tab "Settings"
  • Click on "Advanced" button
  • Click on "Display"
  • There is a frame called "Scheme" or so. Here you need to set the hotkeys to "None"
  • If it is already set to none, set it to some other key, re-open the dialog, and then set it back to none

Solution 2:

  • Open Regedit
  • Go to
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ATI Technologies\Desktop\{3746CA2C-F39F-4980-8ACD-6F46E003707E}\Profiles\Schemes\Environment\Switchamongstdisplays]
  • There is a value "Hotkey"=dword:00000474
  • Change this to "Hotkey"=dword:00000000

Please note that Alt+F5 cannot disabled for some ATI drivers. Then, the only way to get the keyboard shortcut Alt+F5 working again in Total Commander is to close the ATI Control panel running in the system tray, or by disabling the ATI Hotkey Poller service.