I've created a Max MSP patch on my mac. I want to send this patch to my friends as a .exe file to my friends on a windows computer. I already manage to do this by sending my patch to my windows computer and build the patch to an .exe there.

But I got some trouble in Windows 7 with my hi object. I use it so it can spot the keyboard on the computer, so it can be selected. The keyboard is necessary for the patch, because pressing a key triggers my patch. The hi object says there a 0 devices available to select on the Windows computers. I tested it on two windows computers with the same result. Both have Windows 7.

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not sure if this helps, but if you're really using 

 just to catch keyboard activity, why don't you simply go with the 

not sure if this helps, but if you're really using [hi] just to catch keyboard activity, why don't you simply go with the [key] or the [keyup] object?

This is because I want the patch to register all the keyboard activity with the patch running on the background. with the [key] object it only works with the patch on the foreground, right?

hi object not working in Windows 7