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Easy Hot Key Changelog

What's new in Easy Hot Key 10.4.0.0

Mar 1, 2016
  • Adjusting the volume now works also on Windows 8 and 8.1 without problems.

New in Easy Hot Key 10.2.0.0 (Oct 18, 2010)

  • New: Now also formatted text can be inserted by "Insert text" (bold, colored, hyperlinks, ...)
  • New: New action "Search the Internet" replaces Google and eBay search. Through this action you can search Google, eBay, YouTube, Wikipedia, Amazon and Bing
  • New: In the help menu there are help topics with frequently asked questions
  • New: Limited users have access to their settings and hot keys by default
  • Fix: Properties and settings-dialogs reworked
  • Fix: The location of the settings is now displayed in the account settings
  • Fix: Tabulators reordered
  • Fix: "Delete all hot keys"-hot key erased
  • Fix: Bug in "Insert date/time" solved
  • Fix: Bug in the welcome screen solved
  • Fix: Bug in localization in "Open Program/Directory" solved
  • Fix: Now websites with quotation marks in the URL can be opened

New in Easy Hot Key 10.1 (Oct 18, 2010)

  • New: Loading and saving hot keys is now optimized and faster
  • Fix: Bug while loading and saving external configurations solved

New in Easy Hot Key 10.0 (Oct 18, 2010)

  • New: New actions: Adjust volume, Control audio/video playback, Control browser, Open e-mail application, Open browser and Standby
  • New: After inserting a text you now can add a tabulator (for jumping between text fields)
  • Fix: After automatically hiding Easy Hot Key the popup menu displays the correct start-entry
  • Fix: Mainmenu reworked
  • Fix: Welcome tab reworked
  • Fix: In the actions combobox the drop down list is way longer
  • Fix: Actions Shut down Windows, Reboot Windows and log off reworked
  • Fix: The version now is correctly displayed in the about window
  • Fix: Some corrections in the localizations
  • Fix: Some optimizations in the source code and the setup made the application smaller in size
  • Fix: Bug in "Simulate key combination" solved
  • Fix: The actions "Roll up start menu" and "Find" no longer exist
  • Fix: The help file no longer exists, because the software is self-explaining
  • Fix: Bug in AutoUpdate solved
  • Fix: Google- and eBay-Search can now also be closed via ESC
  • Fix: Bug with DPI scalings and the Google search in English systems solved

New in Easy Hot Key 9.5 (Oct 18, 2010)

  • Fix: The onetime message "Easy Hot Key is minimized next to the system clock" now doesn't appear while shutting down, logging off and rebooting
  • Fix: Bug in localization solved
  • Fix: Bug concerning loading configuration and hot keys from a file solved
  • Fix: Bug appearing when no optical drive is installed solved
  • Fix: Bug in Setup that caused shortcuts in autostart/quicklaunch/desktop not to be created solved
  • Fix: Rare bug occuring in deinstallation solved

New in Easy Hot Key 9.4 (Oct 18, 2010)

  • Fix: Bug in dealing with the Windows user account control solved ("Cannot write HKV_Changes")
  • Fix: Now key combinations with the windows key can be simulated and be used in the settings
  • Fix: Bug in saving hot keys and configuration solved
  • Fix: Easy Hot Key can now be closed with less memory and faster
  • Fix: About dialog reworked
  • Fix: Changes in the rights management

New in Easy Hot Key 9.3 (Oct 18, 2010)

  • Fix: Bug in saving hot keys and configuration after a restart solved
  • Fix: Now hot keys containing the windows key and numbers of the numbers block are working again
  • Fix: English help system reworked

New in Easy Hot Key 9.2 (Oct 18, 2010)

  • New: A Hot Key now can be typed in simply through your keyboard
  • New: New actions -> Simulate key combinations and open/close disc drives
  • New: For the auto update functionality there's now an interval to be specified
  • New: The auto update is now deactivated for limited users
  • New: The hot keys for activating/deactivating and reshowing the main window after hiding it can now be edited by the user
  • Fix: Bug in the DPI support are now solved
  • Fix: Rights management reworked
  • Fix: Bug in the saving of the hot keys solved
  • Fix: A logical bug in the auto update solved
  • Fix: A bug in the save config dialog solved
  • Fix: Bug while hiding the Easy Hot Key symbol solved
  • Fix: Help system reworked

New in Easy Hot Key 9.1 (Oct 18, 2010)

  • New: Easy Hot Key is now Windows 7-ready (32 and 64 Bit)
  • New: Now also other DPI-scalings besides 96 are supported
  • New: The colors of the user interface are now changable
  • New: The configuration (settings) can now be stored to a file
  • New: It's now possible to make either minimize or a click on 'X' hiding the main window
  • New: All settings (but autostart- and account settings) can now be applied without a restart of the program
  • New: The popup menu that shows up by right-clicking the systray icon has been enhanced
  • New: All properties dialogs can now be closed via ESC
  • Fix: The Save/Load-dialogs are now fully localized
  • Fix: Bug in "Save as HTML-file"-dialog solved
  • Fix: The setup is now fully localized
  • Fix: The setup now doesn't erase any configuration files of previous installations anymore
  • Fix: The Google- and eBay-dialog were reworked
  • Fix: There's no update-dialog anymore. It's been replaced by a simple menu item
  • Fix: The main menu has been reworked
  • Fix: A bug happening while changing the program's language has been solved

New in Easy Hot Key 9.0 (Apr 8, 2009)

  • New: Major rework of the user interface
  • New: Main window's size is now adjustable
  • New: Now also parameters are displayed in the table
  • New: Fonts are now ok for higher monitor-resolutions
  • New: Saving of clipboard is now also possible with "Insert date/time"
  • New: Localization of the function "Save Hot Keys as HTML"
  • New: Localization of the Hot Keys-files
  • New: In the table there are now pictures next to each Hot Key
  • New: The "Insert text" window's size is now adjustable
  • New: The "Open Program/Directory" window now checks the correctness of your input (you can deactivate that in the settings)
  • New: Besides the manual update there's now also an automatical one
  • New: You now can handle almost the whole software through your keyboard only
  • Fix: Bug in "Hide certain windows" and "Show hidden windows" when trying to hide 2 windows of the same title solved
  • Fix: The properties were reworked
  • Fix: After the remove of a plugin the application now is smaller
  • Fix: Many fixes in the source code
  • Fix: Many fixes concerning the Hot Key-Table
  • Fix: Default names in the column "properties" are now better
  • Fix: Google- and eBay-Search reworked
  • Fix: Bug while deleting a single Hot Key solved
  • Fix: Some changes concerning the systray icon
  • Fix: Changes in the autostart function
  • Fix: Bug while using parameters solved
  • Fix: The function "Print Hot Keys" was deleted
  • Fix: Some spelling issues solved
  • Fix: The Hot Keys are now editable even when they are deactivated
  • Fix: Action "New Folder" now works also in English localization

New in Easy Hot Key 8.5 (Sep 28, 2007)

  • New: New function "Cut"
  • New: New function "Hide certain windows"
  • New: New function "Show hidden widows"
  • Fix: Some minor bug fixes in the GUI
  • Fix: New function "Save Hot Keys to HTML-file" and "Print Hot Keys" are now localized
  • Fix: A bug, that made the "Select Directory"-dialog point only to C:, was solved
  • Fix: Help system actualized
  • Fix: Error while closing the website window solved
  • Fix: Statusbar actualized
  • Fix: "Action"-box actualized

New in Easy Hot Key 8.2 (Jul 9, 2007)

  • First Version under new name