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How do you unbind specific windows explorer shortcuts

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Problem

Windows Vista (more specifically, explorer) binds win+1, win+2, win+3, etc for its quick-launch bar. I want to use those key combinations for a different program. There is a registry key(s) to prevent explorer from binding those shortcuts so that I can bind them myself, but I can not remember what …

Error Output

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\NoWinKeys

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I finally found it by scouring the registry of one of my old computer. The registry key I was looking for is If it's not present, create a new Expandable String Value and add any characters you don't want windows explorer to bind. For example, setti…

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