# Win-A opens the Windows 10 Action Center

**URL:** <https://discussion.listary.com/t/win-a-opens-the-windows-10-action-center/4398>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/win-a-opens-the-windows-10-action-center/4398 "2018-09-18T07:15:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sferencik](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@sferencik](https://discussion.listary.com/u/sferencik)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/win-a-opens-the-windows-10-action-center/4398/1 "2018-09-18T07:15:41Z")

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The default (suggested) hot key for invoking Text Editor Anywhere (TEA) is Win-A. However, in Windows 10 this opens the Action Center (instead of TEA). Are there any recommendations for how to work around this?

Options I have considered:

- I can disable all the Win-X hotkeys in Windows 10, see [here](https://www.askvg.com/tip-how-to-disable-all-win-keyboard-shortcuts-hotkeys-in-windows/). However, by doing so I would also be giving up Win-R (for the Run dialog), Win-L (to lock the screen), Win-E (to launch Explorer) etc. Not really an option.
- I _think_ one can disable Win-A by actually disabling the Action Center feature. I don’t care for the Action Center, so this is acceptable. I’ve done this in the past on one of my computers, but it required a reboot (or even a BIOS change?) and I don’t feel like doing this everywhere I set up TEA.
- Maybe it would be best to recommend a different hotkey in general. Win-Z is still free. However, when I try to set it up in the Options dialog, TEA won’t accept it - I can’t “type” it into the text box. I directly edited the `TEAConfig.xml`, entering the value 23048; now the TEA Options dialog shows that my hotkey is Win-Z, but it’s not launching when I press Win-Z. What gives?

Some kind of guideline for other despairing Win10 users would be welcome. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/channing/32/5497_2.png) [@Channing](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Channing)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/win-a-opens-the-windows-10-action-center/4398/2 "2018-09-19T04:51:38Z")

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Win + Z is reserved by Windows 10 I think, though it’s not visible.

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**Author:** ![VladimirAlexiev](https://discussion.listary.com/user_avatar/discussion.listary.com/vladimiralexiev/32/2225_2.png) [@VladimirAlexiev](https://discussion.listary.com/u/VladimirAlexiev)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/win-a-opens-the-windows-10-action-center/4398/3 "2019-10-23T09:50:42Z")

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I have set shift-windows-A. However, TEA still doesn’t work on Windows 10, I’ll post a separate post.

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**Author:** ![Anogoya-Dagaate](https://discussion.listary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@Anogoya-Dagaate](https://discussion.listary.com/u/Anogoya-Dagaate)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://discussion.listary.com/t/win-a-opens-the-windows-10-action-center/4398/4 "2020-04-04T21:53:45Z")

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@VladimirAlexiev I’m having the same issue. I was looking forward to enjoying ‘seamless integration’ - post back if you find a fix for this. I’ve not given up quite yet!

Thanks for sharing your experience