re: Keyboard Remap in W2K/WinXP
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 8:19 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by P.C.
(3 messages posted)
The website mentioned in an earlier message led me to the answer *I* was looking
for.
Keith Conover's Personal Computer Information
http://www.pitt.edu/~kconover/keithbet.htm
My preference, on my laptop at least, is to map the RIGHT ALT key to the WIN KEY.
It was a simple REGISTRY KEY file I had to create and merge.
filename: RightAlt-to-Winkey.Reg
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= begin registry file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"00000409"="KBDUS.DLL"
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,5B,E0,38,E0,38,E0,5B,E0
:end registry file =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
NOTE: It was mentioned on one of the websites I was lead to that the "00000409"="KBDUS.DLL"
line can be completely removed from this *.REG file. I include it because it was
mentioned, and on some systems, who knows... you just might need it. It doesn't appear
to cause any harm by being there.
To change the assignments, refer to the list below:
Code -- Key
38,00 Left {Alt}
38,E0 Right {Alt}
1D,00 Left {Ctrl}
1D,E0 Right {Ctrl}
2A,00 Left {Shift}
46,00 Right {Shift}
3A,00 {Caps Lock}
5B,E0 Left {Windows}
5C,E0 Right {Windows}
3B,00 {F1}
3C,00 {F2}
3D,00 {F3}
3E,00 {F4}
3F,00 {F5}
40,00 {F6}
41,00 {F7}
42,00 {F8}
43,00 {F9}
44,00 {F10}
57,00 {F11}
58,00 {F12}
Example is as follows:
REF: 5B,E0,38,00,38,00,5B,E0
NOTE: 5B,E0 = Left | 38,00 = Left
means: exchange "Left WinKey" with "Left AltKey"
What *I* wanted was the "Right AltKey" remapped, so I replaced the "00" after the
"38" to "E0" and produced the following:
REF: 5B,E0,38,E0,38,E0,5B,E0
NOTE: 5B,E0 = Left | 38,E0 = Right
means: exchange "Left WinKey" with "Right AltKey"
Which produces the registry (*.REG) file provided above.
I tried for over an hour trying to get to the TradeKeys v2 software, but it is behind
a 'pay only' *wall* now, and I have a standing policy - TRY *BEFORE* I BUY.
And having read the message I am now responding to in this thread, I am glad I didn't
shell out the $$ on a non-definate solution to my computing needs.
-=- P.C.
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