Rebinding laptop command hotkeys

[Kalystar]

On my laptop keyboard, I have these keys that send system commands i.e. volume up, multimedia next, Etc. How can can I rebind these on Windows? On Linux I would do something like this:

But I can only find how to rebind the actual key like F1-F12, not the hotkey

[Mnky313]

You can probably do this with the keyboard remapper in PowerToys:
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

 

[LWM723]

Try a freeware called KeyTweak.

[Kalystar]

12 hours ago, LWM723 said:

Try a freeware called KeyTweak.

It has the speciality keys like XF86- but i'm looking for something abit more obscure like the stupid "Launch MyASUS" key on my laptop, or "Lock Windows" Im trying to replace those keys with something actually useful, like media keys as having none of those are quite annoying

[Kalystar]

13 hours ago, Mnky313 said:

You can probably do this with the keyboard remapper in PowerToys:
https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

 

This does not work either....when I pressed one of the given hotkeys on my keyboard....powertoys thought it was "S".

[LWM723]

You will need the pc's proprietary software/drivers to do this.

[GoodBytes]

13 hours ago, Kalystar said:

It has the speciality keys like XF86- but i'm looking for something abit more obscure like the stupid "Launch MyASUS" key on my laptop, or "Lock Windows" Im trying to replace those keys with something actually useful, like media keys as having none of those are quite annoying

Those keys are passed through an extension, made by the keyboard manufacture, of HID driver model. In other words, you need a special software that can connect to the driver extension of the manufacture keyboard and listen to those keys. It's a pain in the ass to do, especially without any documentation, as this part typically all proprietary. As a result, you won't find tools for this. Even for big brands like Razer and Logitech with its keyboard, you don't have such tools for their keyboard (it doesn't help that while the software that they provide, while not great, is ok, and does the job...it doesn't build any large incentive to do so).

 

Logitech is the only one that released something open source out of its HID extension, which permitted a Linux tool to get some info/features to be avail for Logitech keyboard and mouse to be made, but that is all. It doesn't help that what is provided by Logitech was a draft only and dated.

 

[Kalystar]

15 hours ago, LWM723 said:

You will need the pc's proprietary software/drivers to do this.

Hmm...the only software I can find is that of drivers to make the keys function in the first place.. guess I'm out of luck

 

9 hours ago, GoodBytes said:

Those keys are passed through an extension, made by the keyboard manufacture, of HID driver model. In other words, you need a special software that can connect to the driver extension of the manufacture keyboard and listen to those keys. It's a pain in the ass to do, especially without any documentation, as this part typically all proprietary. As a result, you won't find tools for this. Even for big brands like Razer and Logitech with its keyboard, you don't have such tools for their keyboard (it doesn't help that while the software that they provide, while not great, is ok, and does the job...it doesn't build any large incentive to do so).

 

Logitech is the only one that released something open source out of its HID extension, which permitted a Linux tool to get some info/features to be avail for Logitech keyboard and mouse to be made, but that is all. It doesn't help that what is provided by Logitech was a draft only and dated.

 

Ah, got it. Funnily enough, Linux responds to the lock windows key, as with keys like 'disable touchpad' and  the display config (Project) key