So ever since I installed Windows 7, it bugged the hell out of me that I couldn’t use my beloved Win-Space hotkey anymore for my equally-beloved Launchy.
That is, Until I found this post. Once again, the inimitable AutoHotKey comes charging in on its ugly white horse (the language is a bit of a pain ;] ) to the rescue!
Simply run a script as follows:
#space::SendInput !{Space}Now put a link in your Start menu (which if you’re like me you spend a bit of time hunting around for in Windows 7 – you can find it under C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu (seriously!? can you make this stuff harder to find please, Microsoft!? although you can also use %appdata% in place of C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming which makes it a little easier at least…) and every time you boot Windows, your Win-Space with the IMHO useless “desktop peek” functionality is overridden to send an Alt-Space hotkey instead, which if you configure Launchy to listen for that, will bring up its sweet goodness, just like it used to! ;]
Enjoy – I know I will!