Stickies doesn't honour custom keyboard?

I have created a custom keyboard layout with MSKLC and it works great in all programs. Even in Stickies.
Except, for some reason, when I used CTRL+ALT+E it gives me € instead of my assigned character of é.
Oddly, I have € assigned to CTRL+SHIFT+4, but when I use that key combination in Stickies, nothing happens.
I checked the hotkeys in Settings, but none of them are assigned to letter E or number 4, and now I don't know where to go from here.
I don't know if this is a bug or a feature. lol
Please advise?

Ctrl+Shift+4  is used by stickies as a shortcut to send to a " friend "  but it is not a global hotkey .

You can find a list of hotkeys in the helpfile .