G751 How to change the Steam, Shadowplay buttons and Backlight timeout settings

[Rares95]

DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MIGHT OCCUR (THEY NEVER DID UNTIL NOW BUT JUST TO BE SAFE).

To change the Backlight timeout settings:

The lazy way:

1. Download the archive from HERE > https://www.dropbox.com/s/payvik1ibt...light.rar?dl=0
2. Click Yes
3. Double click the file with whatever value you want (5,60-default,900 or 999999999 seconds)
4. Restart your laptop for changes to apply

The manual way:

1. You press Windows Key + R and type in regedit
2. You go to

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ASUS\

3. Click the ATK Package folder
4. Look for TurnOffKeybdLight on the right panel
5. You double click it, switch to Decimal (Hexadecimal by default), and type in after how many seconds you want the keyboard backlight to turn off (60 seconds by default)
6. Restart your laptop for changes to apply

Thanks to Ary-Aman for posting this fix.


EDIT: SEEMS LIKE THIS IS UNNECESSARY AS THE NEWEST VERSION OPENS STEAM IN DESKTOP MODE BY DEFAULT
To change it so the Steam key opens up Steam in Desktop mode:

The lazy way (NOT UPDATED ANYMORE, USE THE OTHER METHODS):

1. Go to

   C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\ATK Package\ATK Hotkey

2. Go to Control Panel and stop HControl.exe (otherwise you can't replace the file for the next step)
3. Replace the HControl.exe with the one you need that you can find in the archive HERE > https://www.dropbox.com/s/iqbv34w0hc...20Fix.rar?dl=0
4. Restart your laptop or double click the HControl.exe

The manual way:

1. Download a HEX editor, i use HxD
2. Make a copy of

   C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\ATK Package\ATK Hotkey\HControl.exe

3. Open the copy of HControl.exe with HxD
4. Search for bigpicture
   
5. Replace it with games if you want to open your game library or you can customize it by replacing the path with something else from HERE > https://developer.valvesoftware.com/...owser_protocol
   
6. Go to Control Panel and stop HControl.exe (otherwise you can't replace the file for the next step)
7. Save your changes and replace the executable in the folder from step #2
8. Restart your laptop or double click the HControl.exe

Thanks to Xemax for posting this fix.

How to change Fn Combo,Shadowplay,Steam,ROG buttons guide by Gps3dx: https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthrea...l=1#post538722

[Rares95]

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[borgwarrior]

Interesting thing is, that Windows wont let me overwrite said file (to make steam open in desktop mode), stating i have to have administrator privileges. Being the only user, and an administrator, this surprised me.

[Rares95]

That's how Windows 8/8.1 rolls...If you try to modify it directly it will give you an error. You have to make a copy, then modify the copy, then overwrite the original (if you do it manually)

[borgwarrior]

That worked indeed. Thanks.

[Exostenza]

I deleted the ATKRecHelp.exe file and now the button does nothing. Is there some way to make it open the nvidia control panel?

[Rares95]

I don't really know about that, when i deleted mine, nvidia control panel opened.

[Exostenza]

Well, mine just does nothing now...

[Rares95]

Do you need the exe back?

[Exostenza]

Do you need the exe back?

Nah, I'm good. Thanks though.

Would never use it anyways. Would be sweet to open the nvpanel with it though.