Thinkpad notebook Win8 system hotkey can not be used how to do

Thinkpad notebook win8 system a lot of corresponding shortcut keys have problems, such as power management software (powermanager*.exe, not power management driver), ThinkVantage Communications Utility (Communications* .exe) and so on.

And if the hotkey driver (SIhotkey*.exe) is installed, you will find that Fn+F3 (power management), Fn+F8 (Little Red Riding Hood and touchpad settings) are not available, and Fn+ F5 (wireless setting) becomes the flight mode that comes with the switch Win8. Fn+F6 (camera and audio settings) will display the message as shown below.

So how to solve it, look for a new driver on Win8, if you look carefully on the Lenovo official website, you will find a new driver under the Win8 driver, which is Lenovo Settings Dependency (setting*. Exe), this driver is only available for Windows 8 installation, but after installation, these hot keys still have problems before.

However, from the name, this is not a separate program. After installing this program, you need to go to the Windows 8 app store to download a Metro app called “Lenovo Settings”, which is installed as shown below. The application can be displayed. After installation, Fn+F6 will be available, and it will not only include the previous camera and audio settings, but also power, wireless hotspot and other settings.

Solution for Power Management Problems:

Although Lenovo wants to use the new Metro interface to manage common settings on Windows 8, the options that can be set in Lenovo Settings are still less. Especially the settings for power management. Under Lenovo Settings, you can only check the connection status of the power supply, the health of the battery (it shows a Good, what is the difference with it), in addition to the yellow port USB charging settings and whether the battery delay is enabled, so we You also need to install power management software like Win7.

If you download Win7's power manager (v6.4x) directly from the official website, you will be prompted to install the error, but what is more interesting is that if you download v6.30, you can install it directly. Of course, it is recommended that you install Lenovo's ThinkVantage System Update software. After installing the update, you will find that you are prompted to update to the power manager v7.34. The update is as shown below, but I don't know why there is no such driver on the official website.

Once installed, you can see the power manager icon in the system's power options like Win7. You can also open the power manager to view the battery status and set the power configuration as before.

What is the difference between Win7 and Win8 hotkeys?

So far, although the power manager is installed, Fn+F3 is still not available. In fact, this is because of the hotkey driver under Win8. Different reasons than Win7. If you have previously customized the hotkey driver for Win7, you may know that its hotkey is defined in the registry under HKLMSOFTWAREIBMTPHOTKEYClass or HKLMSOFTWARELenovoTPHOTKEYClass, as shown in the following figure.

However, on Win8, the location defined by the hotkey in the registry has changed, its location is under HKLMSOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch, and since it supports both desktop and Metro applications, it also adds an AppType. Attribute, where AppType=2 means that this hotkey corresponds to the Metro application, under which an item named Metro should be created, and a string named URI and PackageName should be added. For example, after installing Lenovo Settings Dependency, the following will appear. Key value.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch6]

"AppType"=dword:00000002

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch6Metro]

" ;URI"="lenovo-metro-settings:PARAM?"

"PackageName"="LenovoCorporation.LenovoSettings_4642shxvsv8s2"

And if it is for the desktop application, then AppType= 1, at the same time should create an item named Desktop, and the key in the Desktop item can be corresponding to the TPHOTKEY. For example, if you enable Fn+F3 to open the power management, you should create a registry key similar to the following (specific directory) It may be different).

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch3]

"AppType"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch3Desktop]

" ;File"="C:PROGRA~2ThinkPadUTILIT~1PwmOSDV.exe"

"LockedMode"=dword:00000001

"Parameters"=""

In this case, you can open the dialog box for selecting the power scheme via Fn+F3 like Win7.

And if you need Fn+F8 to set up Little Red Riding Hood and the touchpad, you also need to install the UltraNav helper program (UltraNavUtility*.exe). This program is not available in the Win8 driver, but it has been tested and is suitable for Win7. The same version applies to Win8, so just download the corresponding Win7 version. After installing the same as the corresponding TPHOTKEY, for example, the following registry key (the specific directory may be different).

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch8]

"AppType"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARELenovoShortcutKeyAppLaunch8Desktop]

" ;File"="C:PROGRA~1ThinkPadULTRAN~1UNAVOSD.exe"

"Parameters"="/OSD"

[Postscript]

The same, You can also customize Fn+F5, ThinkVantage (extension number Ex_17) and other buttons, because I don't have Bluetooth or 3G, so Fn+F5 becomes flight mode. For me, I haven't installed Access Connections yet. If you are interested, you can try it yourself.