very strange
 

Well i recently installed winamp 5.o1 and none of the ctrl+ commands work, i tryed everything, and can't figureit out what is wrong with it

As long as ANY Winamp "window" is active (highlighted), CTRL+P (preferences) will work. If something else is active (another Windows program "window"), it will not work. There are other CTRL+ [hotkey] combos that are "window-specific". Example: CTRL+S (save playlist) will only work if the Playlist window is active (highlighted). The same holds true for any other "window-specific" CTRL+ [hotkey] combo.

Are you saying that NONE of these CTRL+ [hotkey] combos work? CTRL+P (preferences) doesn't work either? Are the proper Winamp window/windows active when applying the CTRL+ [hotkey] combos?

Are you having troubles with shortcut keys in the main window? Also, do you have Nvidia display drivers? Read the following…

shortcuts not working in main window | workaround here