Well this thread made me sad (Game Mode vs Windows Mode).
I got this "gaming keyboard" to use outside of gaming. Would never have thought that such a bad design choice would be made. Macros are not only a gaming thing.
Whenever there is "one or the other" usually this can be solved with "Why not both?"...
I have a "gaming mouse" that doesn't differentiate if you are in a game. BUT the good news is there are other "gaming keyboards" that don't take such a myopic view on this.
Really hope that this gets patched...