I can not CTRL F for SEARCHING in Win10, because it launches Mp3Tag. Do you know of a way I can disable that & restore SEARCH to CTRL_F ?
As I see it MP3tag is not even running when you press Ctrl-F. So it must be a different application that launches MP3tag.
You would have to check that application.
It is virtually impossible to tell from the distance which one that could be.
A wild guess would be a different file handler or some kind of automation program.
Maybe something like "Macro Express"?
I DO use Macro Express.
After rebooting and checking in the systray that macro Express is NOT launched,I tried CTRL F again, and this time it did NOT launch Mp3Tag.
My problem is NOT solved, but it no longer seems to involve MP3Tag.
Thank you for your feedback.
There may be a service running in the background that does not have an icon in the system tray, but which is still capturing the (Ctrl+F) shortcut.
Thank you for your valuable suggestion. Do you mean it is a SERVICE, or could it be any software ? Do you have further hints how I could research the root cause ? Maybe it’s of use for you to know, I do use Autohotkeys extensively - mainly for text insertion.
You could try using a specialised tool such as Nirsoft's "HotKeysList" to see which shortcuts have been set up. AFAIK it should also show which software is currently using CTRL+F.
Another small tool is "HotKeyDetective".
After starting the HotKeyDetective.exe with administrator rights and pressing Ctrl + Shift + O, I see my current screenshot tool - as an example:
The last one I found is "Hotkey Screener".
After starting the hkscr64.exe with administrator rights and pressing "Detect all" or just "Click to detect application" (READ THE WARNING!!) I got - as an example:
Finding the shortcut combination is a little complicated. But if you look at the first column, 'KEY COMBINATION', you can start scrolling down to find the last letter you used, which is F in your case (or O in mine). Then you can see all the combinations that are in use with this letter, along with the associated software.
Once again THANK YOU. That looks comprehensive . Will let you know the results.