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anyone know how to get f1 key to work in game?

zastrophzastroph Member Posts: 242
in Guild Wars 2

Usually if you have a game or application as the active window/screen and you press the f1 key, it functions as defined in the program that you are using.

But not in gw2, if I press the f1 key (which is set to a skill), I get taken to the desktop, and the help window opens!

Does anyone know how to get f1 key to work in game?

Thanks

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  • SysFailSysFail Member Posts: 375
    Have you got F1 set to something else in mouse or  keyboard software?
  • zastrophzastroph Member Posts: 242
    no!
  • BeansnBreadBeansnBread Member EpicPosts: 7,254
    Are you in windowed mode?
  • Loke666Loke666 Member EpicPosts: 21,441
    Cant you just change the key in options?
  • Odinthedark1Odinthedark1 Member Posts: 330
    Even if you didnt set it, this is obviously happening from some external program... i would check everything you can starting from finding clues from the help window that you said is popping up, maybe you can get a program name.
  • korent1991korent1991 Member UncommonPosts: 1,364

    Not happening to me... I'm playing a hunter, so F1 is binded to my pet attack skill, and works as intended.

    I think you have some external program running which is "active" and you don't realize it... Check your processes running and tray icons and see if you can get something out of it.

     

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  • Loke666Loke666 Member EpicPosts: 21,441
    Originally posted by Odinthedark1
    Even if you didnt set it, this is obviously happening from some external program... i would check everything you can starting from finding clues from the help window that you said is popping up, maybe you can get a program name.

    Agreed, but just changing the key is probably a lot easier than finding what is messing things up.

  • IkedaIkeda Member RarePosts: 2,751
    I would almost bet you were using an HP laptop as that is what happens to me.  I have to fit the Fn key in the bottom left and the F1 key, so I changed the keybind entirely.
  • BlakkrskyrrBlakkrskyrr Member Posts: 230
    Contact the manufacturer of your computer
  • ShakyMoShakyMo Member CommonPosts: 7,207
    Yeah, rebind them class skills to zxcv
  • wartyxwtwartyxwt Member Posts: 172
    Originally posted by Loke666
    Originally posted by Odinthedark1
    Even if you didnt set it, this is obviously happening from some external program... i would check everything you can starting from finding clues from the help window that you said is popping up, maybe you can get a program name.

    Agreed, but just changing the key is probably a lot easier than finding what is messing things up.

     So I have this virus that lets fraudsters take money right from my bank. But it's ok, I switched over to Santander rather than Nationwide...

  • TheHavokTheHavok Member UncommonPosts: 2,423
    Originally posted by wartyxwt
    Originally posted by Loke666
    Originally posted by Odinthedark1
    Even if you didnt set it, this is obviously happening from some external program... i would check everything you can starting from finding clues from the help window that you said is popping up, maybe you can get a program name.

    Agreed, but just changing the key is probably a lot easier than finding what is messing things up.

     So I have this virus that lets fraudsters take money right from my bank. But it's ok, I switched over to Santander rather than Nationwide...

    wat

  • zastrophzastroph Member Posts: 242
    The window that opens is the Windows Help window, I'm using win 7!
  • paulrgodpaulrgod Member UncommonPosts: 240

    I think the most helpful thing to let us know is what keyboard you are using or if its a laptop the make/model - this is usually some binding set up on the Keyboard or laptop.

    Some MS Keyboards have a Function Key lock and i know some more compact laptops also have something similar.

  • ZefireZefire Member Posts: 676
    Originally posted by zastroph

    Usually if you have a game or application as the active window/screen and you press the f1 key, it functions as defined in the program that you are using.

    But not in gw2, if I press the f1 key (which is set to a skill), I get taken to the desktop, and the help window opens!

    Does anyone know how to get f1 key to work in game?

    Thanks

    omg he is using f1,f2,f3,f4 for skills.

    Dude do your self a favor and bind those skills to different keys.

    I wonder how you manage to play.

  • zastrophzastroph Member Posts: 242

    The machine is a HP pavilion dv6 laptop!

    The key is suposed to be used for a pet skill!

  • cyress8cyress8 Member Posts: 832

    Originally posted by Ikeda
    I would almost bet you were using an HP laptop as that is what happens to me.  I have to fit the Fn key in the bottom left and the F1 key, so I changed the keybind entirely.

    Originally posted by zastroph

    The machine is a HP pavilion dv6 laptop!

    The key is suposed to be used for a pet skill!

    O.o 

    BOOYAKA!

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