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This sort of thing is a big problem throughout the Windows ecosystem, and it's mostly caused by Microsoft leaving holes in Windows' functionality to be filled b

This sort of thing is a big problem throughout the Windows ecosystem, and it's mostly caused by Microsoft leaving holes in Windows' functionality to be filled by incompetent third parties. The purpose of this program was supposedly to handle hotkeys such as mute/unmute. But that's not something a third-party program should be doing at all! A typical OEM windows system will have a half-dozen pieces of crap in its system tray written by third-party hardware vendors, implementing features that a decent operating system would already have built in.

hadrien01 9y ago
Except that Windows recognizes the mute/unmute key, so that explanation doesn't work.
qb45 9y ago
> A typical OEM windows system will have a half-dozen pieces of crap in its system tray written by third-party hardware vendors, implementing features that a decent operating system would already have built in. Actually, my OEM Windows laptop came with a half dozen pieces of crap in systray implementing features that Windows already has. A battery monitor, volume icon, WiFi applet, shit like that. So it's not only Microsoft to blame but also the all-pervasive fu&*( "differentiation", like you just have to crap the system with something others don't have to make TV ads and PowerPoint presentations about it. Also, just few days ago we had a great example of how "competently" Microsoft plugged the former functionality hole which was antivirus software so it's not like they are perfect or something.