Option

Description

Start Direct Access when I start Windows

Start Direct Access with Windows. Direct Access sits in the systray, quietly monitoring key presses to detect commands

Show splash screen

Show the splash screen at startup.

Detect abbreviations

Select to enable Direct Access.

If Direct Access is enabled, the Enabled indicator looks like this:

When abbreviations are not detected, the Hub and the Notify Icon are gray

Ignore simulated keystrokes

If checked, Direct Access doesn't detect abbreviations if the keystrokes are sent by another application (for example a macro tool, like Macro Scheduler). This avoid any interference of Direct Access with other macro tools.

If you experience problems with abbreviation detection (and Abbreviation detection is active), try unchecking this option.

Save data in

Location where the commands data file is saved.

Display delete confirmation dialog

Ask for confirmation when a Command or Group is deleted.

Refresh linked groups at startup

When checked, Direct Access will load the command packs associated to the linked groups so that your commands are always up to date.

Check for updates

Check for updates with the specified frequency (daily or weekly).

Diagnostic mode

When running in Diagnostic mode, Direct Access saves a file with detailed logging info on disk to help support to detected and correct errors