Running Windows 10:
Similar to Windows global shortcut hijacked by Opera but the CTRL+SHIFT+N keybinding is globally bound to open up, or activate and then raise, the Microsoft Outlook window. This conflicts with the Google Chrome keybinding for opening up an incognito window:
I can override it using a AutoHotkey script using conditional logic that is active only when Google Chrome window is active, allowing the binding to do whatever it is predefined to do in other windows:
#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
; Map CTRL+SHIFT+n to activate the Google Chrome window and pass it on, instead of allowing Windows to open up a new instance of Outlook:
; See also https://superuser.com/q/1552465/106977
#IfWinActive ahk_exe chrome.exe
$^+n::
Send, !f{Enter}i
return
And I might be able to code that script to raise the Google Chrome Window and pass along the CTRL+SHIFT+N keybinding, but that smacks of overkill: Is the installation of Outlook commandeering that keybinding, or is some other application doing it?
How do I do that? Or is it really the case that Windows is doing this, and also not documenting it properly since that keybinding is not in the documentation at Keyboard shortcuts in Windows.
Update on 2020-05-18 06:57:00: The following process, when killed, allows the CTRL+SHIFT+n keybinding to be handled properly by the Google Chrome process (which now opens up an incognito window as expected). But it has disastrous consequences: The desktop disappears! :
explorer.exe 9760 DLL C:\Users\thatuser\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\20.052.0311.0011\amd64\FileSyncShell64.dll
Update on 2020-05-18 07:06:39: I searched for OneDrive shortcuts (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=onedrive+%22ctrl%2Bshift%2Bn%22&ia=web) and found conflicting information for various versions of OneDrive, none of which state that CTRL+SHIFT+n should open up a new/pre-existent instance of Outlook:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/keyboard-shortcuts-in-onenote-44b8b3f4-c274-4bcc-a089-e80fdcc87950?ocmsassetID=HA010386947&CorrelationId=132aca36-4c6c-43b4-a366-7a9cc350fc2f&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Keyboard-shortcuts-in-OneDrive-app-for-Windows-10-fcdb66e5-fde6-4654-bbae-21a5e0d88a0b https://www.customguide.com/cheat-sheet/onedrive-for-business-quick-reference.pdf
Update on 2020-05-18 07:23:34: I uninstalled OneDrive, and that made the FileSyncShell64.dll no longer appear. I rebooted and retested, and CTRL+SHIFT+n still invokes Outlook. Now, given that I killed explorer.exe earlier, killing that did fix the problem, but that masked the real culprit which is yet to be found (explorer.exe is, as I recall, critical for all of Windows to function). Thus, killing off explorer.exe is not the solution. I also believe that uninstalling Outlook is a non-option because I need Outlook, I just don’t want this global hijacking of the CTRL+SHIFT+n shortcut.