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    Changing the play/stop/next&prev track buttons on a M1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by buttersbmx, Oct 22, 2008.

  1. buttersbmx

    buttersbmx Newbie

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    i have found that when using itunes the play/stop/next&prev track buttons dont work unless im in itunes, is there any way to change this so the work if say i'm looking at internet explorer and want to change the song without having to go to itunes????
     
    buttersbmx, Oct 22, 2008
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    Have you installed the global hotkey plugin for itunes?
     
    flipfire, Oct 22, 2008
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    no, where do i get that from??
     
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    For Itunes: Download this file. Its a global hotkey plugin.

    and unzip it on this location:

    C:\Users\your user\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunes Plug-ins

    Restart iTunes

    For Winamp: Go to preferences and enable global hotkeys, thats it :)
     
    flipfire, Oct 22, 2008
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