Manages a Registry key that allows Windows to remap one key to any other key.ĭownload SharpKeys latest version 2023 free for Windows 11 and 10. Note: This procedure has been tested on Windows 8.1 and on Windows 10 1703.SharpKeys is a software. Just click Write to Registry, log off and back on (no need to reboot, either) and the changed keyboard layout should be in effect. There is no need to run SharpKeys all the time, by the way. With that missing information we can configure SharpKeys: Why, Special: Application (E0_5D), of course. There is really not much you have to do – except figuring out what the secret name of the context menu key is. And while we are at it we can also get rid of the useless Caps Lock. Thankfully the free utility SharpKeys facilitates the process a lot. Windows has had a keyboard remapping functionality for some time, but it requires manipulation of REG_BINARY values, which even I as a developer am not too fond of. But we can also go deeper and remap any useless key to function as context menu key. The simpler method is to just use Shift+F10 instead, as Tim Dunn explains. I am talking about the context menu key which I use a lot. Third, one essential key is … not there … simply missing.

Second, the trackpad (Lenovo’s interpretation of a touchpad) is simply awful. I like my current laptop, a Lenovo W540, but details of the keyboard layout really deteriorate the user experience (not to mention the horrible trackpad – I can only recommend you carry a mouse or buy the successor which is rumored to sport a less terrible design).įirst of all, there is this totally useless numeric keypad, forcing asymmetric device usage. Or: Getting rid of Caps Lock & creating the missing context menu key

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