>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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