letter 'e' not sending

[Davidovsky]

I am finding with QM v2.4 that the letter 'e' is not sending. Eg: key "Shakespeare" outputs as "Shakspar". It works fine in v2.3 so I have had to roll back for now. Any way to fix this?

[Kevin]

works fine for me in qm version 2.4.0.3

[Gintaras]

In all windows?
Maybe some other program steals the key.
Or some QM trigger, autotext, user-defined hook, etc, although shouldn't. Try to create new empty QM file and test there.

[Davidovsky]

Yes, problem is in all windows so far tested - Notepad, Keepass password field etc.

Re-installed 2.4 again - same problem. Back to 2.3 again - all is fine. This is on a Win7 x64 laptop.

On another laptop (Win7 x32) also exactly the same problem with 2.4. No e's. Rolling back to 2.3 - again, no problem.

Tested with a new empty QM file in 2.4 as suggested - still the same problem.

There are surely similarities in the configurations of my two computers, but this seems to be an issue of v2.4 vs 2.3.
I guess there's something in my configuration that v2.4 doesn't like. It's very odd. I'll keep experimenting.

[Gintaras]

Try to uninstall/install QM.

How without quotes?
key Sshakespeare

How this?

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keybd_event 'E' 0 0 0
keybd_event 'E' 0 KEYEVENTF_KEYUP 0

[Davidovsky]

Thanks for the suggestion but still no e's.
Also still no e's without the quotes.
Tried uninstalling and reinstalling on both machines - problem persists.

I've just noticed something. The following macro outputs "Shakspar" in v2.4 (and "Shakespeare" in v2.3):

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run "C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\notepad++.exe"
key "Shakespeare"

But this single-line macro, when triggered within any program (such as Notepad), outputs correctly as "Shakespeare" in both 2.3 and 2.4:

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key "Shakespeare"

[Gintaras]

Look in Options -> Hotkeys. What is hotkey of 'End macro'? I found that QM "eats" the key even if it is sent by a macro, it is a bug in this QM version.

[Davidovsky]

Yes, that was the problem. My End Macro hotkey was indeed "E". I had forgotten about that. I have changed the hotkey and now my e's are outputting okay.

Thanks for your help.