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This function frees a hot key previously registered by the calling thread.

Syntax 

BOOL UnregisterHotKey( 
  HWND 
hWnd, 
  int 
id
);

Parameters

hWnd

[in] Handle to the window associated with the hot key to be freed. This parameter should be NULL if the hot key is not associated with a window.

id

[in] Identifier of the hot key to be freed.

Return Value

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Requirements

Header winuser.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

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