Apps and Buttons

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I've got a little executable task switcher called AltTab that works like its name. It just cycles through the open apps/windows.

However, it didn't come with an installer and I guess this is the reason why it doesn't appear in the list when I try to assign it a button from the control panel.

Where does the Buttons panel/applet get its program list from? The registry? Which entries will I need?

take a look at this thread. i guess there are more threads regarding task swtching. just do some search

That's the thread where I found the app. This thread is not about task switching.

The problem is that the button manager in settings doesn't show the program or have a browse function. So how do I add an app without an installer to the list?


Thanks anyway.

i believe for a program to apear in list of options for button assignment it needs to be

a) a installed program
b) have a shortcut pointing to the program placed in the windows/programs folder.

since option 1 is not viable give option 2 a shot. read about this a while ago so i can be wrong.

Originally Posted by thesire

i believe for a program to apear in list of options for button assignment it needs to be

a) a installed program
b) have a shortcut pointing to the program placed in the windows/programs folder.

since option 1 is not viable give option 2 a shot. read about this a while ago so i can be wrong.

I had pondered both of those possibilities, but a) would have required I (learn how to) make an install package and I forgot to follow up on b), but it would completely explain way there are *.lnk files for virtually every program that already exists in the Windows folder (I mean why the redundancy if keeping the Windows folder as small as possible is one of the prime factors in speedier start-up and maintaining a speedy system?)

Note:
I just tried both a shortcut and the actual executable in the windows directory, and even after a soft reset, no results.

i just don't understand. do you have problem with this program only or with button mapping in general?

did you try this:

Originally Posted by antihrist

extract exe file to your device, create shortcut in start menu and then assign it to some hardware key

meaning:
i extracted exe file in "\Windows" folder. then i created shortcut to that file in "\Windows\Start Menu\Programs". after that i got the program in the list for button assignment.

OK, that worked.

Placing a shortcut in "\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\" does make it appear in he list of programs when assigning functions to buttons.

Thank you for your response and assistance.