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After some update, Alt F7 hotkey stopped working in Far Manager and Total Commander.
I tried stopping all processes like explorer, realtek utility, nvidia utility, one drive — didn’t help.
When booting in Safe Mode however, Alt F7 works just fine, so it’s not the hardware problem.
How do I find out which application or Windows component stole the hotkey?
Soonts
Posted 2016-10-10T14:02:05.683
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open NVidia GeForce Experience settings -> General
disable Share totally. this will free the binding of Alt F7 among lots of others
if you do use Share feature you can use this alternative:
press Alt + Z when you are on desktop for example settings -> keyboard shortcuts change the binding of Alt + F7 to something else
Ors
Posted 2016-10-10T14:02:05.683
Reputation: 696
Great help, I'd never think of NVidia GeForce Experience settings to 'steal' those shortcuts! My solution was to change all those shortcuts from Alt+F# to AltGr+F# .. It's even easier to use an AltGr combination with a single hand! ... Only exception is the Alt+z combo, but I'm hesitating to change that one as well (sometimes I accidentally press that combination, quite annoying, and I use GeForce Experience seldom anyway!) – P Kuijpers – 2017-06-10T13:05:03.210
2I don't see options for "Share" in General (as of today). – Marius – 2018-01-12T13:54:10.733
8Ok, so I had to first enable, and then disable (again) "In-game Overlay" before I got my F7 back. – Marius – 2018-01-12T14:04:42.603
3Thank you! I can't believe the only way to figure out Windows 10 hotkey short circuits is to pray that a SO question has already been asked on it... – Shadoninja – 2018-11-23T20:54:09.183
1Newer version of NVidia Experience have another UI and the toggle "In-Game Overlay" that is responsible for key mapping. Turning it off fixed my issue! Many thanks for the tip! – bychkov – 2019-05-17T19:38:42.360
I was so furious about that as it worked on my old laptop (no NVidia) and not on the recent one! Disabling "In-game Overlay" or changing particular binding to something different working just perfect! – Nerxis – 2020-01-10T12:30:52.733
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Could not add comments and upvote answer with Nvidia Geforce Experience as an issue. It helps me too, but I does not reinstall, I just disabled Alt+z hokey in settings - "share" functionality.
Sopholos
Posted 2016-10-10T14:02:05.683
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Welcome to Super User! Unfortunately, your answer does not meet the good answer standards for which we strive. It is probably better suited as a comment. Once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post; instead, provide answers that don't require clarification from the asker.
– cascer1 – 2016-10-12T07:15:26.9632
Yes, NVidia GeForce Experience was the reason! However, on my PC it was not called "Share", but "IN_GAME OVERLAY". As soon as I disabled the IN_GAME OVERLAY, all shortcuts in Far started working.
Terry
Posted 2016-10-10T14:02:05.683
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I had same issue, and strangely enough, it was resolved after updating Nvidia Geforce Experience.
Ptichka
Posted 2016-10-10T14:02:05.683
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In current version of GeForce Experience (3.8.0.89) the feature that needs to be switched off or adjusted, is called In-Game Overlay. By default, it uses Alt+F7 to pause/resume broadcasting.
Andrey Drogolyub
Posted 2016-10-10T14:02:05.683
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2The existing accepted answer already mentions this. – Ramhound – 2017-08-15T13:42:25.790
Are you by any chance trying to use the right ALT+F7? If so, does the left ALT+F7 still work? Let me know the answer to this question and if it confirms my suspicion, I'll write you an answer with how to fix it. – LPChip – 2016-10-10T14:24:22.607
@LPChip Tried both. Doesn't matter which ALT, the behavior is the same. – Soonts – 2016-10-10T14:37:24.130
Ah, too bad. Then I don't know. I thought it might be a case of ALT becoming ALT-GR, but the left ALT never turns into an ALT-GR, only the right one. – LPChip – 2016-10-10T15:12:29.680