Randomly slow desktop shortcut keys

External Since: Feb 4, 2009 Posts: 1

I've noticed this problem for years on Windows XP, probably, but now
it starts to really bug me:

I have an icon on the desktop which is a shortcut to the .EXE of a
file manager application ([URL="http://ndn.muxe.com"]http://ndn.muxe.com[/URL]). That icon has a
shortcut key to it, Ctrl+Alt+N. I extremely often switch to this
application, so I press the shortcut key maybe once every minute or
two throughout the entire working day.

The problem is that often, Windows will NOT switch to the application
when I press the keyboard shortcut, but very slowly, only after
perhaps half a minute.

If I press Alt+Tab, or if I double-click the application icon, Windows
switches to it immediately. If I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then Escape, the
taskbar will disappear, and will get refreshed only after about 30
seconds.

Is there a way to fix this? I'm even willing to install some shortcut
keyboard software if Wnidows XP Pro can't get this straight.

Thanks,
Dan

PS: this issue has been raised in 2006, but no resolution was
provided:
[URL="http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_thread/thread/40bf6d95c8a03d24/"]http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_thread/thread/40bf6d95c8a03d24/[/URL]

External Since: Feb 5, 2009 Posts: 1

I've also noticed the same thing, and it's happened pretty much always.
Haven't found any kind of correlation to any running programs, so no idea
what's happening. Every few months I'll google around to see if I can find a
solution, but I've had as much luck as you have had.

"Dan D" wrote:

> I've noticed this problem for years on Windows XP, probably, but now
> it starts to really bug me:
>
> I have an icon on the desktop which is a shortcut to the .EXE of a
> file manager application ([URL="http://ndn.muxe.com"]http://ndn.muxe.com[/URL]). That icon has a
> shortcut key to it, Ctrl+Alt+N. I extremely often switch to this
> application, so I press the shortcut key maybe once every minute or
> two throughout the entire working day.
>
> The problem is that often, Windows will NOT switch to the application
> when I press the keyboard shortcut, but very slowly, only after
> perhaps half a minute.
>
> If I press Alt+Tab, or if I double-click the application icon, Windows
> switches to it immediately. If I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, then Escape, the
> taskbar will disappear, and will get refreshed only after about 30
> seconds.
>
> Is there a way to fix this? I'm even willing to install some shortcut
> keyboard software if Wnidows XP Pro can't get this straight.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> PS: this issue has been raised in 2006, but no resolution was
> provided:
> [URL="http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_thread/thread/40bf6d95c8a03d24/"]http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.general/browse_thread/thread/40bf6d95c8a03d24/[/URL]
>