Thursday, 24 July 2008

Controlling iTunes with laptop media controls when iTunes is minimized

I have just got a Dell Laptop (XPS M1530) and was getting annoyed when I could control iTunes using my media controls only when it iTunes was active/maximised, but not when it was minimised. I had a look around and found a solution that worked:

  1. Download a plugin file called mmKeys.dll from here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RT5KRWFY
  2. Copy it into your iTunes plugin folder found at: C:\Users\Username\Appdata\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunes Plug-in The file can be downloaded here:

You may need to make hidden folders visible to see Appdata and you will need to close iTunes before you do it. No need to restart afterwards, just open iTunes and enjoy being able to use your media controls properly!

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