How to run a Window Form application with a keyboard shortcut combination?

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How to run a Window Form application(.exe) with a keyboard shortcut combination. Please help me. how to implement this.
please share some idea so that i can do this.

thanks in advance

Posted 20-Aug-12 1:03am

pradeep rasara

Updated 20-Aug-12 1:06am

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Christian Graus · Answer 1 · 2012-08-20T01:05:00

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I am not sure there's any sort of hotkeys functionality in Windows, in which case, you would need to write some sort of system wide hook to catch the keypress and run your app. Any code in your app will not run, until the app runs, clearly

This[^] is what you need.

Posted 20-Aug-12 1:05am

Christian Graus

Updated 20-Aug-12 1:12am

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pradeep rasara 20-Aug-12 7:09am

Actually we have a feature to hide the application from desktop, program files.......
now i want to run that application with hotkeys(or shortcut keys). pleas help me.........

Christian Graus 20-Aug-12 7:12am

Oh, that's easier. I do believe in that case, your application can set shortcut keys, but it may need a system wide hook if your app does not have focus. I found a link, I'm editing my post so if you mark it as the answer, it will be easy for other people to use, too

pradeep rasara 20-Aug-12 7:58am

Lets suppose i have install a application on a system(e.g abc.exe). Now i want to run (abc .exe)that application with the help of hotkey(short key) . This is my real problem. how i will do this.

Christian Graus 20-Aug-12 8:02am

You said it would always be running. I gave you a link to do that. If you want to START it, then I suggest starting it hidden. Otherwise you need a system wide hook to do that.

pradeep rasara 21-Aug-12 1:23am

Actaully, i want to implement sysytem wide hook ,to do that.....please help me if u have any link regarding this.........please provide me......

Christian Graus 21-Aug-12 8:26am

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/6362/Global-System-Hooks-in-NET - first hit with google, was on the site you're already on.

pradeep rasara 22-Aug-12 2:06am

this link is not working for this problem.......my problem is........
"Lets suppose i have install a application on a system(e.g abc.exe). Now i want to run (abc .exe)that application with the help of hotkey(short key) . This is my real problem. how i will do this. I want to sart aplliction(.exe) with hot key.....even after system restart..... iwant to fix hotkey for my application so that , i can run appliction with hot key .......
"

Christian Graus 22-Aug-12 5:45am

A global, system wide hook. That is the only possible answer. Only a global, system wide hook can detect a keypress and launch an application.

pradeep rasara 24-Aug-12 5:01am

thanx...........