Start Listary with Win key only

Listary is a powerful search utility for windows, similar to spotlight in Mac.

It's a great software, but for people like me who are used to windows search (press Win and then type), listary's default shortcut Ctrl+Ctrl can be a little clumsy and it takes some time to get used to it. The software itself doesn't offer a way to set the shortcut to Win and replace the original windows menu, so I wrote a C# program to make it happen.

It's essentially a program that remaps Win to a hotkey that shows Listary toolbar, the remapping happens after Win is released so it doesn't interferes with other Win-related hotkeys such as Win+D.

It uses a keyboard hook, so it may be reported by anti-virus software, and it requires administrator privileges, but it is an open-source software with only 100+ lines of code, so you can check the source code and be assured that it does nothing harmful.

Download

https://github.com/KevinWang15/ListaryWithWinKey/releases

How to use

Install and run Listary.
Configure Listary, in Hotkeys, optionally disable Press Ctrl twice to show/hide Listary (if you trigger it by mistake sometimes and hate it).
In Hotkeys, configure Show Listary toolbar to Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Win+F. (press all five keys at the same time) (this is to make sure it doesn't conflict with other hotkeys, so that remapping Win to this hotkey will not have any side effect. If you don't like this shortcut, you can modify the code.)
Run the program ListaryWithWinKey.exe as Administrator (double click and it will ask for administrator privilege).
Press Win to open the launcher.
Press Win again to close it.

How to disable it

Run Configurator.exe and click Stop.

How to make it start on boot

Run Configurator.exe and click Enable on Start on boot.

Current state of the program

Tested on Windows 10 and it is working fine. More tests are needed. It is more a proof-of-concept than a reliable software. I also wish the devs of listary could see it and integrate the idea/code into their official release.

Pull requests and Issues are welcome.

Special Thanks to

https://github.com/shanselman/babysmash/blob/master/KeyboardHook.cs