For me, this meant that I told my computer to treat Caps Lock as if it was a shift key, which it now does. There's a little used registry hack that allows you to remap keys across a keyboard. What's a keyboard mapping? How many times a day do you accidentally hit cAPS lOCK BY MISTAKE AND END UP HAVING TO GO BAck and retype stuff? For me it was at least once an hour - in fact, I used to pop off the Caps Lock key so I wouldn't hit it anymore, but I found something better in Windows XP, as well as 2000, Server 2003, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10. "This is something that I've thrown together to help people out with their keyboard mappings. Included in the application is a list of common keyboard keys and a Type Key feature to automatically recognize most keyboard keys. The link is always in the same place.Ī free utility that manages a Registry key that allows Windows to remap one key to any other key. We don't believe in fake/misleading download buttons and tricks. SharpKeys is freeware.Always scroll to the bottom of the page for the download link. SharpKeys will map a key to another key and will remap more than one key to one single key. Mapping keys is a very straightforward matter. Getting SharpKeys up and running on a Windows PC will not take long. Once you’re done with that, you must hit the Write to Registry button and then you must log out or reboot for the change to take effect.Įasily map a key to another key with SharpKeys, a Registry hack for Windows-powered machines. From the list to the right, you must select the right Start/Windows button or use the Type Key button and do things a lot faster. From the list to the left, you must select the F2 key or save yourself the trouble and just click Type Key and press F2. First up, you will have to launch the application and click the Add button located in the lower left hand corner. Say you want to remap the F2 key to right Start/Windows. At the bottom there are several buttons: add more entries to the list, edit existing entries, delete and delete all entries, write remapped keys to the registry, close the application.
To start working with SharpKeys you will have to go through a standard installation procedure: download an installer (a 475Kb MSI installer), run it, follow the onscreen instructions presented by a setup wizard.Īll remapped keys are presented as a list on the application’s interface. SharpKeys works with any Windows edition from Windows 2000 onward. Choose what you want the keys to do and SharpKeys will write it to the Windows Registry.
For example, you can set it so that pressing F2 is the same as pressing the right Windows/Start button. By doing so you will be able to remap keys, you will be able to change what happens when you press a certain key. By using SharpKeys, you can modify the Windows Registry.
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