Tweak Intellipoint to allow any keystroke (such as Alt + Tab)

I found many posts asking for way to set Intellipoint to use Alt + Tab,
but no solutions, so I messed around until I found this solution and
thought I would share it.

This was tested on WinXP SP2 Intellipoint 5.2, however; it will likely
work with any Intellipoint version that allows keystrokes.

Issue: Certain keystrokes are not accepted in Intellipoint. The Tab
key for example, which creates a problem if you want to program one of
your mouse buttons to do an Alt + Tab.

Solution: Hack the registry!
First go into IntelliPoint (Control Panel - Mouse) and set the
desired button to use the keystroke Alt + 1

Then look up (Google) the Hexadecimal ASCII Code for the keystroke you
want to use. In the case of Alt it is 04 and Tab is 09. That makes
the full Hex ASCII Code for Alt + Tab 0x00000409.

Now go to the registry (standard reg hack disclaimer here, don't
break it!) by clicking Start - Run, typing regedit and clicking OK.
Navigate to:

HKey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\IntelliPoint\ EventMapping\4\

Your path may be slightly different, the 4 corresponds to the wheel
button on my mouse. If you are editing a different button your number
will be different. Confirm you are in the correct place by looking at
the KeystrokeText key, which should say Alt + 1, which we set earlier,
if it is not then you are in the wrong place.

Edit the Keystroke key, for Alt + Tab it will be:
0x00000409
just type 409 in the edit window

Edit the KeystrokeText Key as appropriate, for Alt + Tab I used:
RegHack Alt + Tab

Close the Registry and try your new custom button, it should work!

In news:1135988144.890150.83500@g14g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com,
alonfw@wiedenman.com <alonfw@wiedenman.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I found many posts asking for way to set Intellipoint to use Alt +
> Tab, but no solutions, so I messed around until I found this solution
> and thought I would share it.
>
> This was tested on WinXP SP2 Intellipoint 5.2, however; it will likely
> work with any Intellipoint version that allows keystrokes.
>
> Issue: Certain keystrokes are not accepted in Intellipoint. The Tab
> key for example, which creates a problem if you want to program one of
> your mouse buttons to do an Alt + Tab.
>
> Solution: Hack the registry!
> First go into IntelliPoint (Control Panel - Mouse) and set the
> desired button to use the keystroke Alt + 1
>
> Then look up (Google) the Hexadecimal ASCII Code for the keystroke you
> want to use. In the case of Alt it is 04 and Tab is 09. That makes
> the full Hex ASCII Code for Alt + Tab 0x00000409.
>
> Now go to the registry (standard reg hack disclaimer here, don't
> break it!) by clicking Start - Run, typing regedit and clicking OK.
> Navigate to:
>
> HKey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\IntelliPoint\ EventMapping\4\
>
> Your path may be slightly different, the 4 corresponds to the wheel
> button on my mouse. If you are editing a different button your number
> will be different. Confirm you are in the correct place by looking at
> the KeystrokeText key, which should say Alt + 1, which we set earlier,
> if it is not then you are in the wrong place.
>
> Edit the Keystroke key, for Alt + Tab it will be:
> 0x00000409
> just type 409 in the edit window
>
> Edit the KeystrokeText Key as appropriate, for Alt + Tab I used:
> RegHack Alt + Tab
>
> Close the Registry and try your new custom button, it should work!

That's a riot! You should copy/paste that to the XP Customization group.

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