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Samson Perera <[log in to unmask]>
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Samson Perera <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 24 Aug 2020 21:24:38 -0500
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Hi friends,
Some time ago I had to work on a computer with a funny problem.  Every
time I press alt f4 to close a program, instead of closing the program
it would launch Firefox. This was a real nuisance because being
completely blind I rely on the keyboard,  I searched from all around
but naturally nobody could think of a solution.  Fortunately, one day
I was just browsing the items on the desktop, I came across a shortcut
named report01, I casually pressed enter on it and it launched
Firefox.  Then of course, things became clear, I went to the
properties of that shortcut and found that Alt f4 assigned as the
shortcut key.  I don’t know why anybody should do such a thing, but
maybe just for the fun of it, they had created a shortcut for firefox
and renamed it as report01, and assigned alt f4 as the shortcut key.
Well it was a really simple but, very confusing trick.  So, I am
sharing this experience for what it is worth.

Thank you
Regards
Samson.


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