Wednesday, November 24, 2010

How can I change a link button on a keyboard?

I have a Rocket fish wireless keyboard. It has 5 buttons on either side of the keyboard. One is for internet, another for search, so on and so forth. Well, I do use these buttons frequently, except for the lonely mail button. I don't use the Windows live mail or whatever it links to, and would rather have it link to a media player or something like that.



Any possible way to change it?How can I change a link button on a keyboard?In Windows XP you can change it to execute another program this way:



1. Click the Start-%26gt;Control Panel menu item.

2. Click Printers and Other Hardware.

3. Click Keyboard.

4. Click the Buttons Tab.

5. In the list box, double-click the button you want to change.

6. Set the Button Capability list box to Simple Local File with Label.

7. In the Address text box, enter the complete path to the program you want to execute. You should be able to use the Browse button to get there also.

8. Click OK.



In Windows Vista:



1. Click the Windows Button -%26gt; Control panel.

2. Click Hardware and Sound.

3. Click Keyboard.

4. Continue as in Step 4, above.



Hope that helps.