Custom program the Media Key on MultiMedia Keyboard

Question

I have the Dell Enhanced Multimedia keyboard (the one with the volume knob and the CD controls.  I need a way to program the Media Key to start Windows Media Player instead to the Creative sound mixer.  All the other keys already control functions on WMP, so why not set the Media Key to run this App?  I have used TweakUI in the past to set this button to start Winamp, and it would work.  But when I have already set it to Winamp, and then try to set it to WMP, nothing works; even if it try to set it back to Winamp.  I basically want to know if anyone has a better method of programing this key.  The driver i installed (DellTouch) only shows 3 buttons on the top of the keyboard to program ( I have 8 not 3).

DELL-Les · Answer

SDDtab2000, Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum. What version of windows do you have on this system? The one that I have access to was set by default to WMP, the system is running windows XP

Stab2000 · Answer

I have Windows XP. When the operating system is newly installed (i.e.-When i took the computer out of the box for the first time) the Media Key (or "note" key or whatever) didn't do anything. It was only when i downloaded the Dell Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard v.v1.0, A03 that the "note" key actually did anything... and all it did was launch the Creative Sound Mixer. It would be nice if Windows Media Player was default.

Here's where i got the driver:

http://support.dell.com/FileLib/Format.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&Category=0&OS=WW1&OSL=EN&SvcTag=&SysID=DIM_PNT_P4_8250&DeviceID=2633&Type=DRVR&ReleaseID=R44838

DELL-Les · Answer

Stab2000, Go into the control panel to the keyboard and see if there are settings listed since you installed drivers for this keyboard.

Stab2000 · Answer

The only thing that DellTouch offers me in the control panel is the ability to program 3 different buttons on the top of a keyboard that I don't have.  They are: Email, Home, and Search.  I just want to program the Note Key

LittleAdvice · Answer

Stab2000, You may want to download drivers for this keyboard and reinstall using those drivers.

Stab2000 · Answer

I already downloaded the drivers for my keyboard!  I've already tried everything so far suggested including using the TweakUI PowerToy from Microsoft.  It lets you program the hotkeys and it's the only thing i have used that successfully let me program Winamp to that note key.  But it would only let me do it once.  If I made any changes then it wouldn't work at all until I reinstalled a special driver that actives the key and makes it fuctional once again back to the default Creative Mixer.

bob670 · Answer

I think this is what you are looking for...

PROGRAMMING THE NOTE KEY -
* Click Start- Run
* Type REGEDIT
* Click OK
* Click the "+" next to the following folders:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
Microsoft
Windows
CurrentVersion
Explorer
AppKey
* Click the folder 16
* Look to the right and double-click "ab Association". If not listed, right click on the ShellExecute
* Click rename
* Change to Association
* Right click on it and chose Modify
* Change this to .cda to launch your default media player for CDs. Change it to .MP3 for you default mp3 player

Stab2000 · Answer

Thank you!  Something that actually works!!!!

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