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Hot keys in windows 2000

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by dboeshaar

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We are currently upgrading our software package to run on Windows 2000 operating system. The problem we are incountering is that the underlines for the hot keys in our program do not show up in Windows 2000. For example to quit the program alt f then x to quit. but for our users the f in file and the x in exit are not underlined so the user can not tell what the hot keys are. I thought I saw an article from Tech Republic on how to create a change, possibly in the registry, to allow for the underlining of hot keys. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks to all.

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by ntoz

Windows 2000 hides keyboard navigation indicators by default.

By default, Windows 2000 hides keyboard shortcut listings for menus in windows
and dialog boxes. You can press the ALT key to display the keyboard shortcuts,
or you can disable the feature that hides them. To disable this feature:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click
Display.

2. Click the Effects tab.

3. Click to clear the "Hide keyboard navigation indicators until I use the Alt
key" check box, and then click OK.

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