Global hotkey not working in some windows

Asked Feb 16 '15 at 10:09

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I have a WPF application with registered global hotkey, using Admin privileges.

I used NHotkey (Source)

I tried using NHotkey.Wpf

HotkeyManager.Current.AddOrReplace("HotkeyAction", Key.F9, ModifierKeys.Alt, HotkeyAction);

^ Works in most of windows and applications, but not in some games and I have no idea why. Can it be because they have administrator privileges too?

Then I tried using NHotkey.WindowsForms;

HotkeyManager.Current.AddOrReplace("HotkeyAction", Keys.Alt | Keys.F9, HotkeyAction);

Same sitution, works everywhere except some games.

It is crucial for me to make it work everywhere globally, system-wide. I ran out of options.

How can I implement a global hotkey in my WPF application? I can switch development to console or winforms if it's required.

asked Feb 16 '15 at 10:09

VixinG

low-level keyboard hook ? – TheMightyX2Y Feb 16 '15 at 10:14
@OhMyGeo something like that: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/toub/archive/2006/05/03/589423.aspx ? – VixinG Feb 16 '15 at 10:16
Yes this is a good one, with this you can intercept (hook) all the keyboard keys action (keydown, keyup etc) from the user. – TheMightyX2Y Feb 16 '15 at 10:20
I will give it my try and update question in case it fails. Thank you! – VixinG Feb 16 '15 at 10:23
possible duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/a/27309185/366064 – Bizhan Feb 16 '15 at 10:24
@Bizz I would have to make a windows form application to make it work, wouldn't I? I tried with WPF and can't setup it. – VixinG Feb 16 '15 at 10:52
Yes that's right. my mistake. however it can work for you. if you didn't find a better solution you can host the winForm inside your WPF window. – Bizhan Feb 16 '15 at 11:30
I had to remake whole project and make it in Windows Forms. It's okay, thank you. – VixinG Feb 16 '15 at 11:33

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