<div dir="ltr">Shoot, I just wish Microsoft would release the Applications key from the Copilot clutches! Thankfully, with Lenovo, I can sort of get around that by adding the FN key with Applications.<div><br></div><div>Joe</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 11:20\u202fAM Curtis Chong via NFBCS <<a href="mailto:nfbcs@nfbnet.org">nfbcs@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-5184261833621253065"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-5184261833621253065WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Greetings:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I am wondering if anyone on this list has experienced a problem where the Alt Space keyboard command does not bring up the Windows System menu when Copilot is active on your system. See the below article.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3857264/alt-spacebar-launches-copilot-i-dont-want-that-i-w" target="_blank">https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3857264/alt-spacebar-launches-copilot-i-dont-want-that-i-w</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">Alt-Spacebar launches CoPilot. I don't want that. I want to open the system menu of the current focus app.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><u></u><img width="32" height="32" style="width: 0.3333in; height: 0.3333in;" src="cid:ii_19e4bbccb8b4cff311"><u></u></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(80,80,80)">Anonymous</span></b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">May 2, 2025, 12:34 AM<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">I am used to opening the system menu of the current app (having the focus) by pressing Alt-Spacebar. In one of the recent Windows Update Cycles, this changed. Now Alt-Spacebar launches CoPilot. (I don't need a hotkey to launch CoPilot.)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">I have tried to fix this with AutoHotKeys and Windows PowerToys. I can't seem to make it work. In PowerToys, for instance, when I press Alt-Spacebar to select the hotkeys to change, it just goes to CoPilot, and nothing happens in PowerToys. I also don't see any options to select the System Menu as the target.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">Can I get the original behavior back? Please provide step-by-step details.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">I have Win11, Home, 24H2 (OS Build 26 100.3915) Thank you in advance.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22);border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in;background:rgb(240,240,240)">Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:1pt windowtext;padding:0in;background:rgb(240,240,240)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><u></u><img width="32" height="32" style="width: 0.3333in; height: 0.3333in;" src="cid:ii_19e4bbccb8b4cff311"><u></u></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:whitesmoke"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:rgb(16,124,16)"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:white"> Answer accepted by question author<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><u></u><img width="32" height="32" style="width: 0.3333in; height: 0.3333in;" src="cid:ii_19e4bbccb8b4cff311"><u></u></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(80,80,80)">Anonymous</span></b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">May 2, 2025, 7:30 AM<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">Hello Alex Sokolek,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">Good morning,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">Welcome to Microsoft Community, we are here to help<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">Thank you for bringing this to our attention, I understand that you want to disable the hotkeys to disable Copilot from launching. You can disable the <b>Alt + Spacebar</b> shortcut for launching Copilot by following these steps:<u></u><u></u></span></p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(22,22,22);background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Open <b>Copilot</b>.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(22,22,22);background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Click the <b>profile button</b> and choose the <b>Settings</b> option.<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(22,22,22);background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Turn off the <b>\u201cAlt + Spacebar\u201d toggle switch</b>.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">Hope this helps,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">Best Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:rgb(22,22,22)">JK<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Cordially,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Curtis Chong<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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