mpd671, I had to try selecting different keyboards in the Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center until the extra buttons did what I wanted. If that doesn't work for you, you might be able to use AutoHotkey to detect the button codes and launch the apps.

Hi ahha,

Each column in the table is a byte number. The cut button sends hex 40 in byte 3. To reassign it to save, add the following code at line 131:

The AHKHID.ahk file is available from https://github.com/jleb/AHKHID.

I've published a script that uses the AHKHID library to restore the use of the Microsoft Office Keyboard's scroll wheel in Windows 7 and Windows 8.
https://gist.github.com/pondermatic/224 ... 61d1aeaff7