Wednesday, July 5, 2017

keyboard - Microsoft software overriding media controls

I'm having a problem with Microsoft Office 2013 overriding some of the media control keys on my keyboard.


The keyboard has all the normal keys to control my media player (I'm using MediaMonkey): track forward, track back, play/pause, volume up/down, mute. When I'm using almost any program, all the keys work normally, but whenever I'm in Word or Excel, the play/pause, forward and back keys are all disabled. I'm not experiencing problems in SQL Server Studio, or in any of the lightweight built-in programs like Notepad or Calculator.


I thought it might just be an issue with my laptop (an Alienware M18x), but the problem persisted when I installed a wireless keyboard (Logitech Wireless Combo MK520).


Any ideas?

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