F3 on Taskbar different to F3 on desktop?

On 07 Oct 2006, Alec S. <@> wrote:

> "Andy" <nomail.RemoveThis@nomail.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9855E61883A1C74C1H4@127.0.0.1...
>> Where in the registry does the Taskbar associate F3 with Win Exp's
>> Find because I would like to change it?
>> …
>> I use an application (Locate32) which sets F3 to one of its own
>> function and I am happy with that.
>>
>> (a) When the desktop is obscured by full size windows then I click
>> the Taskbar instead. But F3 now launches the Find function for
>> Windows Explorer.
>>
>> (b) If I do click on the desktop then F3 will do what my app wants
>> it to do.
>>
>> Where in the registry does the Taskbar associate F3 with Win Exp's
>> Find because I would like to change it?
>
>
> Nowhere. The taskbar is part of Explorer ("Explorer" is the name
> of the Windows shell, so everything you see, including the taskbar,
> is part of it.) Whenever you press F3 while any part of Explorer
> is active, Windows will initiate a file search.
>
> What happens if you run another program like Notepad or Calculator,
> then press F3? Does Locate32 still do it's thing or do you have
> to activate it's window first?
>
>

The other program (Notepad) gets the F3.

Please note that I sometimes change some of th following three
settings and this maybe a factor.

Andy

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(1) Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
\ADVANCED
Value Name: SeparateProcess
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) i.e. data entry
Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

(Also can use "Folder Options" -> “Launch Folder Windows in a
Separate Process”)

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(2) Launch Windows Desktop in a Separate Process
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
\
Value Name: DesktopProcess
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) i.e. data entry?
Value Data: (1 = Separate Process, 0 = Default, disabled)

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(3) Launch Browser Windows (IE?) in a Separate Process
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
\BROWSENEWPROCESS
Value Name: BrowseNewProcess
Data Type: REG_SZ (STRING Value) i.e. new key value entry
Value Data: Yes or No
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