Itunes as default in Windows 8.1

I got a new keyboard that has a media shortcut button on it. When I am in the "set program access and computer defaults" screen I click on iTunes to be the default media player, it sets it then takes me back to the default program window. If I go back and look, my Itunes setting is removed and changed to use current media player. My default app is set to Itunes but this media keyboard shortcut isn't working.
What am I doing wrong

Without knowing more details I'd hazard a guess that this is an inconsistency or incompatibility between Windows and your keyboard, and not in iTunes issue.  Hot keys are programmed to execute a specific function in Windows - in this case to launch iTunes - and there is no direct connection with iTunes itself.  I would check to see if there is a Windows 8.1 specific driver available for the keyboard and see if that resolves the issue.

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