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N4me Aug 25, 2016 @ 8:05am

ALT+A Screenshot Problem! How To Disable It?

Whenever I'm playing Garry's Mod or something else. I accidentally press ALT+A on Garry's Mod and whenever I open the Garry's Mod tab again, my character starts spinning around nonestop and in able to stop it I have to click quit to start all over again. But the more important thing is taking off the ALT+A Screenshot Editor and play happily ever after without a problem, but not only for Garry's Mod, I get that problem on every game. No one has ever made a discussion about ALT+A Screenshot Disable, so I am here to start an Era for it... so. How to take it off?

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Tev Aug 25, 2016 @ 8:08am

I'm probably ignorant, but I've never heard of that combination.

ALT+TAB minimizes the game.

sQLY Aug 25, 2016 @ 8:15am

ALT+TAB minimizes the game.

N4me Aug 25, 2016 @ 8:29am

ALT and A not A TAB you know? Sorry to bother you guys but when I press ALT and A at the same time a blue square shows up as wide as my screen itself and it's annoying, if you don't know what it is then it's okay, I'm not forcing you mates. I'm just trying to find someone who has had the same problem as I did, or someone who knows how to deactivate it. Thanks for commenting.

Last edited by N4me; Aug 25, 2016 @ 8:31am

Tev Aug 25, 2016 @ 8:36am

Originally posted by The Radical Overboarder:
ALT and A not A TAB you know? Sorry to bother you guys but when I press ALT and A at the same time a blue square shows up as wide as my screen itself and it's annoying, if you don't know what it is then it's okay, I'm not forcing you mates. I'm just trying to find someone who has had the same problem as I did, or someone who knows how to deactivate it. Thanks for commenting.

It's not like I missread your starting post.

I just have no idea what ALT and A is supposed to bring up, because it brings up nothing for me. Definitely not Screenshot Manager at least.

Have you checked your other programs, such that could use that key combination?

Last edited by Tev; Aug 25, 2016 @ 8:40am

Gring Aug 31, 2016 @ 12:39pm

I had the same problem, Go into Your Suberb Game boost settings and set the screenshot shortcut to something else.

Washell Aug 31, 2016 @ 12:42pm

Originally posted by Gring:
I had the same problem, Go into Your Suberb Game boost settings and set the screenshot shortcut to something else.

Or stop using stupid tools like that altogether. They are more often malware and resource hoggers, than actual boosters.

Some red flags:

It advertises as being free
There's no mention of an option to donate, upgrade to a premium version, or any sort of costs on the website.
The website does not offer any information or credit about who created the program, which is usually the case if it's a labor of love for someone.
The website does not offer any information or contact details about the company behind it.

All this begs the question, where are they making their money? If they're actually doing it for free, why are doing it anonymously? Is it relatively innocent like AdWare being added during installation, or are they harvesting personal data like payment details and login info?

Last edited by Washell; Aug 31, 2016 @ 12:50pm

N4me Sep 9, 2016 @ 11:38pm

I don't know if I figured it out but I think it's Advanced SystemCare 9, maybe uninstalling it will do. Thanks for these comments, they are helpful enough.