List of globally available shortcuts on a Windows system including 3rd party

Question

Is there a way to get a list of globally available shortcuts on a Windows system, including 3rd party software?

Random examples:

• WndHop - winkey+enter to move a window between monitors
• Dexpot - ctrl+spacebar to open task switcher
• Launchy - alt+spacebar

My goal is to track down shortcut conflicts. Most of the above software can be customised to change the shortcuts aside from WndHop, the later which is not working for me, probably due to a conflict. Currently winkey+enter toggles a windows normal size and maximised, I'm not sure what introduced this shortcut.

Answer 1

I can't see that it would be possible to find all 3rd party short cuts. If an application has created a global keyboard hook to listen for a certain keyboard event there's no way that Windows can tell which keys will make it do various things.

Answer 2

Gathering a universal Shortcut list seems like rather a long winded way to achieve the result you want.

Instead I would suggest a process of elimination.

Start to eliminate apps running on your machine one by one by killing them off using either Task Manager or Process Explorer.

After killing off each of your programs, attempt the key combo in question again and if the action still occurs, then you have not yet found the program in question.

Eventually the effect in question will cease, and you'll know that the last app you killed off was causing this behaviour.