U2913WM, DDM, Hotkey problem

Question

We've always used Dell Display manager for our Dell U2913WM monitors.  Today I tried to use CTRL+SHIFT+HOME to select some text in another program and instead it activated the easy arrange custom layout in DDM (Dell Display Manager). This isn't a setting I set up, I don't use easy arrange anymore, but every time I press CTRL+SHIFT+HOME it turns this on and I have to manually open DDM and disable it before I can continue working. I have the most current version of DDM. Can this hotkey be turned off? I need it to highlight text. I use it all the time at work, always have without a problem. I don't recall updating DDM recently so I don't know why this just started today but it does say it's the most recent version of the software.  I'm using Windows 10 on an Inspiron 3670 and it happens everywhere I use that key combination, regardless of the program. I checked for updates, rebooted my computer, and checked all the available settings in DDM.  Windows also just updated a day or two ago and again when I just rebooted. Any ideas? Thanks!

swamped207 · Accepted Answer

I can't tell you why Dell chose that specific hotkey combination as the default, but you can disable it or change it on the 'Options' tab/page of the DDM main dialog box, where it may show up - depending on your kbd - as Ctrl+Shift+Num7 for 'Easy Arrange MRU shortcut key'.

DELL-Jesse L · Answer

wellsmall,   Thank you for letting us know. We will update and close this case.    Dell-Jesse L

wellsmall · Answer

OOOH I understand, Num 7 is the same as hitting the other Home key. It won't let me change it to Ctrl + Shift + Num 4, but it changed to 'None' when I tried to fiddle with it so I'm leaving it as that. Thanks so much! Totally fixed the problem.

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