Only one program on a desktop can bind any particular global hotkey at a time. If two programs overlap, the first one to get up and running and make the API request gets the notification of the key press.
Considering this scenario, the easy possible for overlap, you would think most applications that have a global hotkey would allow what key they bind to, to be configurable.
I have been using a program called Slickrun as a convenient way to navigate into my computer, launch url’s and access arbitrary programs. By default it binds to Win+q to bring itself to the foreground ready for input. Since I’ve been using this for the past 5 or so years, so I’ve grown quite accustomed to the key combo.
Enter Microsoft Office Communicator 2007.
One of the global hotkeys it registers is also Win+Q. Except Communicator has no configuration options to say which hot key you wish to bind globally. I’ve done a cursory search through the registry but so far nothing. So I’m at an impasse. Do I disable auto start for communicator or do I attempt to learn a new key combination for slickrun?
Of course I will send feedback to Microsoft about this.