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HP dv7 + QuickPlay buttons & iTunes solution
I know this is a very specific type of post, but seeing as how the HP dv6 and HP dv7 are both fairly popular laptops (at my local Panera Bread alone I have run into the same two HP dv7 people on two different occasions each!), I thought I’d share a solution I ran across tonight.
Basically, the HP dv6 and HP dv7 feature a row of “quickplay” buttons on the horizontal surface of the laptop. These buttons control volume (including mute) and audio/video playback: previous, play/pause, forward and stop. By default they work with Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player. They also work with iTunes — so long as iTunes is the active window selected on the desktop. But if iTunes is minimized to your system tray, the buttons don’t do squat. This is a pain if you’re like me and using Google Chrome, which as of the date of this post have an extension similar to FoxyTunes; or if you’re just busy doing other crap and don’t have iTunes open. But relax: you can stop popping open iTunes every single time you want to skip to another song or pause what you’re listening to. Here’s what you need to do:
1) Download this file (it’s virus-free, I promise — it’s on my laptop as I type this!)
2) Make sure iTunes isn’t running
3) Place the file you just downloaded into C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunes Plug-ins, where username is your Windows account name. Note: Depending on your OS version (I am using Windows 7), this path may not be exact. But you do want that Roaming folder (and thus the subsequent sub-folders) to be your starting point!
4) Start iTunes, minimize it, and give your quickplay buttons a whirl. They should work like a charm! 
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5 Comments
Hey, this stops working for me after awhile. I’m running a DV6000
works awesome
i have dv6000 running windows 7 that i installed
hey!! it really works like a charm :p (dv4-1224la, win 7 x86)