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Alt+Tab How to disable it?

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by h. m. junaid mansoor 1 view

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For some reasons i need a solution to disable Alt+Tab for a duration when my software is running(It is in a DOS Mode and to be frank a long Batch Program) One solution i got was following registry: -

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop]
"CoolSwitch"="0"

if it is not possible in registry then is there is any way i can do it when my batch file starts?

Please reply ASAP.
But it seams no effect

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by timthetoolman

Hi,

Although you may find a solution to Alt-tab, what about ctrl-alt-del and then switch task?

I doubt you'll get a solution for ctrl-alt-del and furthermore, I dont think you want to disable that!

Can you rewrite your batch process so thatit doesn't matter if it has focus or not? That would be better.

Cheers,
Tim.

by shanghai sam

you can have your batch file change the registry upon execution...

You may want to make your registry changes in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" rather than "CURRENT_USER."

Run regedit and export the above key to a .reg file. Save it as "switchoff.reg"(or whatever you want).

Change the value in regedit for "CoolSwitch" to "1" - export this registry key and save it as a .reg file (name it "switchon.reg").

In your batch file, make the following additions:

c:\windows\regedit x:\path\switchoff.reg /s
then your program command to start your app
c:\windows\regedit x:\path\switchon.reg /s

(where 'x:\path' is the drive and location that you saved your registry files to. Also, make sure that 'regedit.exe' is also pathed correctly).

Good luck!
This should take care of it

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