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jingyu9575 / remap-omen-key

Remap the OMEN key to Home for HP OMEN laptops
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"HP System Event" does not use registry path - could not define any exe to be launched #9

Closed Stern77 closed 4 years ago

Stern77 commented 4 years ago

I downloaded "HP System Event" from https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp70001-70500/sp70439.exe and installed it. The sp70439.exe created the folder "C:\SWSetup\SP70439" where it put installers like "HPSystemEventUtility.msi" which are called to install the files under "C:\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP System Event\". After the installer finishes there is nothing happening. Not even HPMSGSVC.exe is started. So I start it by double click on it. I would expect either the HPMSGSVC.exe or the installer must have created the registry path "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HP\HP System Event\Bezel Button\8613" but all I can find is... "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Hewlett-Packard" "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Hewlett-Packard\HPDIA" "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Hewlett-Packard\HPSF" "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HP" "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HP\HPDIA" "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HP\Hpjumpstartappss" "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HP\Hpjumpstartappss" "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HP\Theme Control" "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HP PC Hardware Diagnostics Windows"

The "..\HP System Event\Bezel Button\8613" is not even created after "HPMSGSVC.exe" runs and I pressed the omen key :(

When I create the path on my own the "HPMSGSVC.exe" does not care about it.

jingyu9575 commented 4 years ago

I'm using a different version; try this instead: http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp81001-81500/sp81404.exe

Stern77 commented 4 years ago

Thank you. I figured out that my version uses HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Hewlett-Packard\HP System Event\Bezel Button\8613 instead. It worked only after I restarted my computer. I don't know why but now it works :)))

But it takes about 2 seconds after omen key is pressed until I could see the reaction of the active application. So it is not quiet the same behaviour like having a native home button. But better than none..

Thank you so much for your work....

PS: If you know how to speed this up that would be awesome..

jingyu9575 commented 4 years ago

If you know how to speed this up

I am now using the different method (the custom-client branch) which seems faster.

Update to sp81404, and download custom-client.exe to "C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP System Event". Stop and disable HPMSGSVC.exe, and auto-start my exe file instead.

However, the file needs to be signed to work, and the user must add the signature to the "Trusted people" store (Right-click the exe -> Properties -> Digital signature -> Details -> View signature -> Install). This is complicated, and its security impact is that your computer will now view my signed executables as "verified from @jingyu9575" instead of unsigned.

The advantage is that it doesn't require launching a new exe every time you press OMEN, so it may be faster.