Win+l shortcut doesn't work

[annakirkpatrick]

How OptiKey was being used

Dynamic keyboard, DirectInput gamepad trigger (have also tried standard keyboard and dwell trigger, same behavior in both cases)

I selected the win key and then the l key.

What the user expected to happen

Windows should lock the screen.

What the user actually experienced

The letter 'l' was typed in the target application. The screen did not lock.

Version

• Windows 10
• OptiKey version 3.2.4.0

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. type win then l

Any other information that helps to describe and/or reproduce the problem

I have verified that win+l does lock the screen when using a physical keyboard.

Some other win shortcuts do work, e.g. win+v for clipboard history (requires enabling clipboard history in Windows settings)

[kmcnaught]

This seems to also be an issue with AutoHotkey which makes me think it's a Windows limitation. The AHK answer is to use the following AHK script, which you can then trigger via an Optikey shortcut.

.ahk script:

F20::
DllCall("LockWorkStation")
return

Optikey keyboard:

  <DynamicKey>
     <Label>Lock</Label>
     <Action>F20</Action>
  </DynamicKey>

ref - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42314908/how-can-i-lock-my-computer-with-autohotkey

Alternatively, keep nagging me and I'll write an AHK plugin for Optikey so you don't need to use up intermediate shortcut keys :-)