Failed to register RTSS hotkey after every start

[mkolar]

Hi, do you know how to solve this issue? Every HWINFO start im getting error "Failed to register RTSS hotkey after every start" please see the screenshot, when I click OK HWINFO will start.
Reinstall does not help, Win 11 now, it was the same on Win 10. Thanks for any help.

 

[Martin]

Are you starting HWiNFO automatically with Windows? If yes, try to add a few seconds startup delay for it in Windows Task Scheduler.

 

[mkolar]

Hi! It doesn't matter, this appears in both ways: automatic start with windows and same if this is off and i start it manually. And if i close the app, open it again, it appears again. Basically every time I open the app.

 

[Martin]

Then it might indicate the RTSS hotkey combination you defined is already reserved by some other application.

 

[mkolar]

I did not touch anything regarding hotkeys, can you help me where to to change hotkey combination? i cant find it in the settings. thank you in advance!

 

[Martin]

Go into sensor settings (the wheel button at bottom of the sensors window), then OSD (RTSS) tab and disable the "Enable hotkey for toggling" option.

 

[mkolar]

Hi, found it. I have this option disabled whole time and my hotkey input is empty. If I set some random hotkey, enable or disable it, I still getting error message at the start

 

[Martin]

So even if you disable the option you're getting the error message on next start?

 

[mkolar]

Yes, exactly. And even if I enable it and set any random shortcut getting same error.

 

[Martin]

Try to completely "Reset Preferences" in main settings of HWiNFO if that will help.

 

[mkolar]

Nope, its reset to defaults, i have to configure tray again etc.. but error is still there .. Not sure if I said that already, but i even reinstalled it.. same problem, and i updated it X times, having it since beginning..

 

[Martin]

Run the "regedit" tool, navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\HWiNFO64\Sensors
Check if there's a "RtssToggleHotKey" entry under that key and what value it has. Then delete this item.

 

[mkolar]

No its not there.. :/
This is exactly what I have in that folder for HWiNFO64: