What exactly are you trying to do? Some music programs like Foobar2000 let you set global shortcuts but you can make AutoHotKey do just about anything.

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Even if you use something like Spotify, people have probably already written the code you want and you can find a lot of info with Google.

For instance:

r00t wrote What exactly are you trying to do? Some music programs like Foobar2000 let you set global shortcuts but you can make AutoHotKey do just about anything.

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Even if you use something like Spotify, people have probably already written the code you want and you can find a lot of info with Google.

For instance:

SetTitleMatchMode 2

; "CTRL + LEFT"  for previous
^Left::
DetectHiddenWindows, On
ControlSend, ahk_parent, ^{Left}, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow
DetectHiddenWindows, Off
return


; "CTRL + RIGHT"  for next
^Right::
{
DetectHiddenWindows, On
ControlSend, ahk_parent, ^{Right}, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow
DetectHiddenWindows, Off
return
}

; "CTRL + UP"  for pause
^UP::
{
DetectHiddenWindows, On
ControlSend, ahk_parent, {space}, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow
DetectHiddenWindows, Off
return
}

; "CTRL + DOWN"  for info
^Down::
{
DetectHiddenWindows, On
SetTitleMatchMode 2
WinGetTitle, now_playing, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow
StringTrimLeft, playing, now_playing, 10
DetectHiddenWindows, Off
clipboard = %playing%`r`n
return
}

; "CTRL + PAGE UP"  for volume up
^PgUP::
{
DetectHiddenWindows, On
ControlSend, ahk_parent, ^{Up}, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow
DetectHiddenWindows, Off
return
}

; "CTRL + PAGE DOWN"  for volume down
^PgDn::
{
DetectHiddenWindows, On
ControlSend, ahk_parent, ^{Down}, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow
DetectHiddenWindows, Off
return
}

; "CTRL + END"  for mute
^End::
{
DetectHiddenWindows, On
ControlSend, ahk_parent, ^+{Down}, ahk_class SpotifyMainWindow
DetectHiddenWindows, Off
return
}

im trying to use foobar but it doesnt work for me