Programmaticaly simulating Alt + Enter key press is not working

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Here is my code:

keybd_event(VK_MENU, 0, 0, 0);
keybd_event(VK_RETURN, 0, 0, 0);
Sleep(200);
keybd_event(VK_MENU, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);
keybd_event(VK_RETURN, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);

The first line would press Alt
The second line would press Enter ↵ (or Return ↵),
The fourth line would release Alt,
The fifth line would release Enter ↵ (or Return ↵).

What are you trying to accomplish? – edtheprogrammerguy Jun 18 '15 at 14:22 — edtheprogrammerguy, Jun 18 '15 at 14:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 16 '17 at 10:31

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You are not setting the KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY flag to keep the keys pressed down. Change your code to:

keybd_event(VK_MENU, 0, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY, 0);
keybd_event(VK_RETURN, 0, KEYEVENTF_EXTENDEDKEY, 0);
Sleep(200);
keybd_event(VK_MENU, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);
keybd_event(VK_RETURN, 0, KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);

Also you really don't need the sleep in the middle if you are just sending a Alt + Enter

You can see all of the keycodes here at the MSDN page.

Alt = VK_MENU
Left Alt = VK_LMENU
Right Alt Gr = VK_RMENU

edited Aug 16 '17 at 10:31

Andrii Omelchenko

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answered Jun 18 '15 at 14:25

NathanOliver

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Thanks, but also, do you know where is Left ALT, LMENU doesn't work. – Jun 19 '15 at 10:32
are you put wrong order code? – Nguyen Manh Feb 01 '23 at 04:19

Programmaticaly simulating Alt + Enter key press is not working

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