Spriglet #8: Hack the buttons on a Dell SK-8135 Keyboard (and others)

Dell SK-8135

Just bought a new Dell SK-8135 keyboard off of eBay.ย  I have one at work and like it a lot.

It has some buttons on it that are sorta configurable — if you don’t mind poking around in the Windows Registry.

Start -> Run -> regedit

Browse to:ย  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AppKey

  • 7 =ย  Browser home button – this will launch the default browser
  • 15 = Mail buttonย  – this will launch the default mail app.
  • 16 = Music note button – this will launch the application associated with the .cda extension.ย  I changed this one to .mp3
  • 17 = My Computer button
  • 8 =ย  Calculator button

Make your changes, reboot and you’re good to go.

EDIT: This does work in Windows 7

EDIT: 12 Dec 2012 – This also works on other keyboards with media controls…like my new Amazon Basics chiclet keyboardย (affiliate link).

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