There is no built-in tool to reset the key mapping, so users have no other choice to return to the standard configuration than to take the settings one by one and reassign the original performed action. Administrator privileges are obviously required on Windows 7 workstations, but the problem is actually the lack of a backup tool. Once you’re done with the new configuration, SharpKeys prompts you to hit the “Write the Registry” button, which means that it rewrites the registry to handle the new keyboard settings. SharpKeys supports basically every single key, including “Function” keys, but extra care is recommended when setting up the new mappings.
What’s more, you can turn the key off completely and thus disable the assigned tasks.
The program’s GUI is the one that makes everything a breeze, especially because it all comes down to selecting the key you wish to modify and the new task to be performed. Note: This procedure has been tested on Windows 8.1 and on Windows 10 1703.SharpKeys is a very simple application supposed to help you modify a certain key in order to perform the action assigned to a different key on the keyboard.Īlthough it may sound a bit more complicated, the idea behind this program is rather simple: in case you wish “Caps Lock” for example to act as a “Shift” button, SharpKeys is the right way to do that. 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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