The only other important thing is to make sure you put it in the appropriate Start folder so that it will automatically run all the time so you don't have to go physically run it, if you want that option.įor reference, below is the script I have, which just sets three hotkeys for Play/Pause, Previous Track, and Next Track. (It is possible to set it so that it will do the script actions only if your media player of choice is open - and I bet you could still get more specific, say if you want iTunes and another app open and that app actually uses the Function keys) That being said, while I don't have an MX Keys to confirm, I'd imagine that using a script to bind Play-Pause/Prev/Next/etc to something like Win-Space or maybe the Function buttons the media keys are on (provided you don't actually need those), then mapping that keystroke to those buttons via Logitech Options (if needed/possible) would also be a workaround. And of course, Win-Space works on the keyboard too! So yes, AHK is kind of the middle man, but I don't care as long as it works. Then, in Logitech Options, I mapped the button I wanted on the mouse (MX Master 3) to be the Keystroke of Win-Space. That may cause the problem in iTunes. Disable any non-Microsoft anti-virus software and check if that has any impact on the iTunes behavior. Also, try reinstalling iTunes while disconnected from the Internet. The solutions vary from one situation to another. Try disconnecting your PC from the Internet before launching iTunes. While for others, they may fail to install or update iTunes on their PC. For some users, iTunes won't open or quit unexpectedly on their Windows PC. There are many situations that can be defined as 'iTunes not working'. While there are certainly more options you can add in your script, I really only need the Play/Pause - which I mapped to Win-Space via AHK. Part 2: Fixes to iTunes Won't Open/Launch on Windows 10/Windows 7. And thank god, because this gave me a solution to the global media keys issue (not the caps lock notification unfortunately). I found out shortly after I posted my above comment that I could install AutoHotKey(AHK) on my work laptop. Since that is my primary media player (Apple Music subscription) I'll just have to live with it. The draw back is that the media keys ONLY work for iTunes now. Now I can control iTunes in Windows 10 using the MX Keys media keys.

I then added a shortcut to iTunes Media Keys to my Windows 10 Shell Startup: I assigned specific key combinations in the app and then assigned those key combinations to the media keys in Options: I remembered running into this issue before in Windows 8 time frame and found this software I had used then: So this is not a 'bug' so much as working as intended from the software perspective.'

This is not functionality that will be re-added, unfortunately. In the previous software - SetPoint, we had a mechanism to send app specific commands, but when we moved to Options it was dropped and Marketing decided to support only the native player as Options won't be able to send app specific commands.

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