Ditto (clipboard manager): can't set shortcut of Win+<num>. Get “Error Registering Position 1”

Someone made a YouTube video on Ditto (maybe this one?), and that person uses Win+Num to paste items from the list. He put a screenshot of his settings on Google Plus:

When I try to do the same, which is to put “1” in the text field of Position 1, and check the “Win” box to add the Windows key as the sole modifier for the shortcut, which will be Win+1, I get an error that says “Error Registering Position 1” in a window titled CP_Main:

Could it be because Win+Num conflicts with the natural Win+Num shortcut (starts the application pinned to the taskbar in that position, or switches to that program) of Windows 7?

Jeff Kang

Posted 2012-10-27T06:42:37.730

Reputation: 544

The bindings defined in Windows can be overridden without problems. Try loading the default layout (en_US) and running that application. I'm suspecting that the modifier keys are defined differently for your current layout. – Ярослав Рахматуллин – 2012-10-27T13:09:36.043

I went to "Text Services and Input Languages" and my "Default input language" is already English (United States). Thanks for the suggestion anyway. – Jeff Kang – 2012-12-01T23:01:34.220

Answers

I had the same problem on Windows 7. After editing the registry according to http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/misc/Override.htm I could reasign the first hotkey to Win + F1, though. Looks like Win + F1 was already occupied by Windows.

user197047

Posted 2012-10-27T06:42:37.730

Reputation: 34

2Is there a way around this without having to disable EVERY native Windows hotkey? I like most of them. Would like to assign to Win+F1 though. Although technically I guess that would be the equivalent of normal paste anyway, if assigned to position 1. But it seems I can no longer use Win + V as of Windows 8 or 8.1 which is a bit disappointing. That's the hotkey I've always used for Ditto. :\ – purefusion – 2015-01-03T14:01:51.000

This didn't work for me... – None – 2016-01-02T22:04:39.017

If you don't want to disable all windows shortcut. Install Autohotkey (which is a good idea anyways) and enable the following script.

In the case you want it on WIN + V

#v::
  Run C:\Program Files\Ditto\Ditto.exe /Open
Return

Use #^v:: if you want it on WIN + Shift + V

Toni

Posted 2012-10-27T06:42:37.730

Reputation: 113