Intellij Idea Terminal shortcut not working

Question

I am currently using Intellij Idea 2016.2.4 and running on Windows 10. I have noticed that the Alt+F12 command for opening the Terminal and the Alt+F7 command for Finding Usages of a particular method have both stopped working.

I have tried the following:

• File -> Invalidate Caches and Restart
• Re-import project
• Change Keymap scheme
• Reinstall Intellij (no settings were kept)

It seems that Windows 10 is somehow using the Alt+F12 and Alt+F7 key combinations for some other shortcut. Is this any way I can find out what program this key combination has been bound to?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I just found the source of the problem...

I am an avid gamer and my system runs on an Nvidia graphics card. As such I have Nvidia GeForce Experience (3.0.6.48) installed and it comes with ShadowPlay. However, ShadowPlay has some keybindings which conflict with Intellij IDEA, listed below:

• Alt+F7 - pauses/resumes broadcasting
• Alt+F12 - toggles FPS counter on/off

In previous versions of Nvidia GeForce Experience, you could access the ShadowPlay Tab and configure shortcut keybindings but, that panel has been removed in the latest version of Nvidia GeForce Experience

The solution is to either uninstall Nvidia GeForce Experience or diagnose why ShadowPlay is missing using online guides e.g. Shadow Play Button is gone

Link: Nvidia Shadowplay Default Keybindings