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Listing Available Windows Hotkeys
Tags: Windows hotkeys or keyboard shortcuts are extremely useful which is why it is odd that Microsoft does not provide a mechanism to list the active keys. Hotkeys are generally global across the operating system and as such, are registered within Windows itself. If you wished to add your own shortcuts how would you know which combinations were already bounded and in use? Most know CTRL+C or CTRL+V are taken, but what about WIN+O?
Ethervane ActiveHotkeys is a free portable Windows application hosted on the Donation Coder forum that can display all the hotkeys registered throughout the system by testing all the possible combinations. The process is broken down into two steps. Step 1 requires identifying the modifier key – this is typically ALT or CTRL or WIN. From the modifier key you then choose the normal key – A-B or 0-9 or F1-F12 for example. ActiveHotkeys proceeds to then list the shortcuts that match your parameters.
It is important to accentuate that ActiveHotkeys only lists the combinations already bound and not actually what the hotkey does. Meaning that the program correctly identifies that WIN+R is in use, but not that it initiates the Windows Run dialog. ActiveHotkeys is not used for learning new shortcuts but rather to help in the creation of new shortcuts on your own, without interfering with existing hotkeys you may be unaware about.
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