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Windows won't let you own Win+Shift+S. So I hooked the keyboard in Python.

Akhouri Anmol Kumar on November 07, 2026

I wanted one small thing: press Win+Shift+S and get my own screenshot tool instead of Snipping Tool. That turned into a 7,600-line Python project,...
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Sᴛᴀʀ⭐ •

❤️

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Akhouri Anmol Kumar •

thanks star for comment
what about your channel?

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Sᴛᴀʀ⭐ •

After Diwali 😀

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Akhouri Anmol Kumar •

oh okay channel name StarDev?

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Sᴛᴀʀ⭐ •

Idk yet. Bro please share your github link.😀

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Peter Vivo •

Good to remember how can we will solve this kind of promblems! ✌️
I always fight with windows keyboard settings ( forced company laptop ) until I give up the fight. My trick: I use AutoHotkey program to redefine my keyboard to
capsLock + ; = é
capsLock + ' = á
... and so on
Because my main problem is the hungarian languge special character. In chat with my hungarian collegues I like to use full hungarian char set, but I always use english keyboard set and really hate to install multiple language keyboard set because windows do not saw which keyboard currently use, plus many program using english keyboard shortkeys. The whole question is so anoying.

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Harun - solo dev •

Bro please change profile pic 🖼️ 🤣

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 • • Edited

You changed your profile image! Wow!! :D