configure "blue" thinkvantage button to work properly

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hi everyone

i'd like to start off by saying my "blue" think-vantage button really isn't blue its black, not sure why? okay now on to my question...

i'm not really sure how this happened but one day my think-vantage button just stopped working, so I searched online in hopes of finding something. After wasting an entire day I finally found a thread on the lenovo forum site. Apparently I am not the only one with this problem but most of those other people had older thinkpads, mine is brand new? ONe of the forum members suggested we reconfigure the think-vantage button to launch a program like notepad or word by creating a registry file. this may be a little confusing so here is the link to what i saw (the last comment on the page):

http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkVantag ... 545/page/2

so i gave this a go, works pretty well but honestly i don't really use notepad for anything. i know this may be silly but this think-vantage button issue is driving me nuts. i'd like the think-vantage button to function properly as it was intended, i hope someone here can help or advise me? any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

here is my system configuration:

* x230 model 2306CTO
* intel core i5-3210M processor (2.5 GHz clock speed)
* windows 7 pro x64
* 500gb 7200rpm hdd
* 8gb ddr3 ram