jfrank

I use Launchy for Windows, it is a command line launcher that allows the user to forget the start menu is even there. Which is a dream come true. It is also customizable and generally useful.

I somehow broke my launch key setting by resetting it to an invalid combination. Alt-Space is the default, and I had set it to something that simply didn’t bring up the Launchy window. This is a problem with Launchy because there is no ‘official’ way to reset the hotkey without first bringing up the launchy window.

In short, if you ever have this problem, instead of attempting a reinstall, which doesn’t work just do this:

How To Fix Launchy’s Hot Key:

1. Kill Launchy.exe from the task manager.
2. Open launchy.ini in your users application data folder.
   For windows XP users, this is:
   C:\Documents and Settings\yourusernamehere\Application Data\Launchy\Launchy.ini
3. Add or replace these ini style keys:

   [GenOps]
   hotkeyAction=32
   hotkeyModifier=134217728

4. Save the file, and restart Launchy.exe
5. Use Alt-Space (which is what you just reset the hotkey combo to be)

“The Internet is based upon the idea that consumers can go anywhere they want and access any content they want,” Mr. Martin said. “When they show they are blocking access to some sort of content, they have the burden to show that what they are doing is reasonable.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/12/technology/12comcast.html?ref=technology

This is the latest good news in the net neutrality war since Google forced the telcos hand by bidding in a wireless spectrum auction. In so doing they enabled open access rules for devices that will use it.