I use several hotkeys that include the Win key, including the Win key on its own. That has worked well for quite some time, even after switching to Windows 10. However, a few weeks ago (can't tell when exactly), I started noticing a somewhat unpredictable behaviour.
I have identified two sets of behaviours:
- the AHK behaviour, as setup in my hotkey script
- mixed behaviour:
- Win key on its own: triggers the Start screen
- Windows hotkey (e.g. #d): does nothing
- hotkey that Windows does not care about: AHK behaviour
When I whitness the mixed behaviour, I can often get the AHK behaviour by alt-tabbing to different apps or activating the task bar, but not always. Also, the apps in which it works don't seem to be fixed, although there seems to be a bias such that the mixed behaviour would be more often in Windows built-in apps than in others.
I tried to work around the Start screen by delaying the AHK behaviour, but that didn't work. The Start screen was just delayed with it.
Any ideas, what I can do?