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Win7 adding Alt to shortcut when I try to assign Ctrl+keyboard stroke
Hi there,
Normally, it seems like such a simple thing... You right click an executable shortcut on your desktop, go to 'Properties', then assign a shortcut key. I've done it time and time again... but as of recent, when I want to, say, assign Ctrl+F5 to a shortcut, Windows 7 wants to automatically add 'Alt' to the chain of required shortcut keys, as well.
I tried restarting. I tried closing every process imaginable. I turned my wireless keyboard on and off and I looked at the 'Ease of Access keyboard' to see if Alt was being pressed and I saw no indication of that. Sticky Keys are not on, either... The strange thing is that I've had this happen before, and it went away for reasons I don't completely comprehend. It's back though, and I honestly don't know how to get rid of it. I'd just like to assign Ctrl+F5 to a shortcut. I've tried opening other shortcuts which I've assigned to Ctrl+F1/F2/F3/etc, and if I try to modify them, Windows also wants to add 'Alt' to the chain of shortcut keys required.
Could anyone give me a hint?
Thank you so much