Ducky Zero Reprogramming Media Keys

[miroslav]

Hey guys,

I was just wondering is it possible to reprogram the media keys on the top right hand side of ducky zero to other functions? If so, how would you go about in doing it?

Thanks!

[BlueBär]

Yes you can with a program like Autohotkey. The keys you want to reprogram are called:
Volume_Mute
Volume_Down
Volume_Up

I haven't found a specific one for the calculator (that's a calculator, right?), but it should be one of those two:
Launch_App1
Launch_App2

[Skull_Angel]

If you're not against editing Window's registry;

Computer > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > AppKey > numbered folder

The numbered folders should correlate to the shortcut keys on your board and you can mess with them as you please; you may need to look up how to use some registry magic, but it's not too hard to figure out once you look through the different files in those folders. I changed my email shortcut to a video game shortcut and actually use that key now \o/

[laffindude]

Or you can just use keytweak.

[miroslav]

Yes you can with a program like Autohotkey. The keys you want to reprogram are called:
Volume_Mute
Volume_Down
Volume_Up

I haven't found a specific one for the calculator (that's a calculator, right?), but it should be one of those two:
Launch_App1
Launch_App2

Haha thanks for that! I already use AutoHotKey but I was thinking of making it more permanent (without installing AHK onto every computer).

If you're not against editing Window's registry;

Computer > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Explorer > AppKey > numbered folder

The numbered folders should correlate to the shortcut keys on your board and you can mess with them as you please; you may need to look up how to use some registry magic, but it's not too hard to figure out once you look through the different files in those folders. I changed my email shortcut to a video game shortcut and actually use that key now \o/

Yeah I've been looking into that. Might try that out tomorrow or something when I have more time

[BlueBär]

Haha thanks for that! I already use AutoHotKey but I was thinking of making it more permanent (without installing AHK onto every computer).

Sadly you can't reprogram it without installing some software or fiddling with the registry on every computer you use it on since the Ducky itself is not programmable.

[Skull_Angel]

Haha thanks for that! I already use AutoHotKey but I was thinking of making it more permanent (without installing AHK onto every computer).

Sadly you can't reprogram it without installing some software or fiddling with the registry on every computer you use it on since the Ducky itself is not programmable.

Yea, there's a way to create a registry editing file, but I'm not so sure it would work on all machines in this instance (not sure if the numbered folders are always the same).

You basically create a .txt document with this placed in it; (this example is for changing Caps Lock to Shift)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,2a,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00

The brackets define the destination and the space under it modifies/creates the registry file. Once the .txt file is created you rename it .REG and it's good to go. You do have to be a bit careful using this kind of file because if you're not familiar with or afraid of editing the registry, you can run into problems if you mess up somewhere and not know how to reverse it.

I personally like using registry edits over adding extra programs to cut down on fat, but you should stick to what you're comfortable with 



edit; attached a .txt version of the above example for reference.