Almost everyone now has a multimedia keyboard. But by default your keyboard’s multimedia keys let you control only Windows Media Player. But what if you use Winamp as your default media player and want to control Winamp using those multimedia keys ?
Winamp 5.5 now has a feature which lets you control Winamp’s playback even when Winamp is minimized to the system tray. To enable the feature:
- Open Winamp and go to Options —> Preferences.
- Then under General Preferences, go to Global Hotkeys.
- Tick the check-box which says “Enable default multimedia key support”
- Then click on “Close” on the bottom left end.
- You will now be able to control Winamp using the multimedia keys of your keyboard.
Now you can start enjoying Winamp even more. 
11 comments
rambhai says:
Jan 25, 2008
can tell me a software which displays the music track of winamp on yahoo messenger??
Manas says:
Feb 1, 2008
Hmm… Have you tried Hyper IM ?
ishayw says:
Aug 11, 2008
Thanks!
FSiev says:
Apr 5, 2009
Thank you. Works perfectly
Anonymous says:
Aug 6, 2009
Been looking for this for a while. Thanks.
GrateFullWinampUser says:
Oct 25, 2009
Thank you so much! This really helped me.
9dedos says:
Dec 3, 2009
thank you, very much
James says:
May 11, 2010
Thanks OP, just ditched iTunes for winamp after i heard about the iPod support – was mortified when my keys didnt work straight away! but with the 3second fix i was actually amazed! thanks very much!
Marius says:
Jul 7, 2010
Thanx mate – works like a charm.
Sallybosita says:
Apr 15, 2011
This is the best help ever! it was so easy. Now I rock with my keyboard. Thanx
sarfaraz says:
Oct 7, 2011
thank you very much .. i was looking this for a while.. thank a lot.. u are the best !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!