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On Windows, my Google Chrome browser is intercepting my keyboard combination Ctrl +Alt +O . This is an important key combination in another program I use, but every time I hit that key combination in that other program, it brings up some kind of pink browser window in Chrome.

Is there any way to disable that combination (whatever it is) in Chrome?

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Victor Grazi
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    I don't think Ctrl + Alt + O is a default shortcut. Try going to chrome://extensions and clicking Keyboard Shortcuts at the bottom and check if Ctrl Alt O is there. – ᔕᖺᘎᕊ Dec 30 '14 at 15:12

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According to the Chrome keyboard shortcut list, Ctrl+Alt+O is not a Chrome keyboard shortcut.

I also tested Chrome here (Windows 7, latest Chrome), and it doesn't do anything.

So this is some other process (perhaps a Chrome extension you've installed, or something completely separate from Chrome) that's capturing that keyboard shortcut and launching Chrome for whatever reason.

You need to determine what program is actually capturing that shortcut and work form there. Luckily, there's this handy SuperUser question that covers doing that: How can I determine which process owns a hotkey in Windows?

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Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007
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  • You are 100% correct. I could not download HotKeyExplorer, but I hit the combination and brought up the pink Chrome page, and in there was a configuration tab, proudly boasting its ctrl-alt-O capability, which I immediately disabled! Thanks! – Victor Grazi Dec 30 '14 at 18:53