How do I program a hardware button on my laptop?

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Published on 2011-01-04T21:25:53Z Indexed on 2011/01/05 2:55 UTC
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So I have a set of touch screen buttons on the top of my laptop's keyboard, (one turns on power save mode, one disables/enables the mouse touch pad, one toggles the wifi adapter, and two turns the volume up/down).

However there's another one that opened a file backup utility that came with my laptop. Since I bought my laptop, I've uninstalled that utility, rendering this button useless.

Would it be possible to reprogram that button to open another file or program on my computer? And if so, what are the requirements and how would I go about doing it?

Thanks in advance!

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