Re: Application Key on Keyboard - How to Disable it in Windows XP?

In microsoft.public.win2000.registry Don Enderton wrote:

This is a highly technical question; if this is the wrong group,
please point me to the right one:

Please tell me step by step what changes to make in the registry
in Windows XP to disable the "application key" which is the key
between the right Windows key and the right Ctrl key on
keyboards. This is a PS/2 keyboard, not a USB keyboard.

(Our keyboard is constructed in such a way that we often
mistakenly press the application key while trying to press the
right Shift key. We never, otherwise, use the application key
and want to make it dead.)

Some technical information is here but I can't translate that
into instructions I can follow to do what I want:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/Scancode.mspx

Thanks in advance to anyone who can and will help.

(Otherwise I shall have to purchase a different keyboard, one
shaped such that it will be harder to hit the application key by
mistake. This keyboard came with a new Gateway computer and
someone designed it who is not a typist but likes its looks...so
the application key is not lower than the shift key - instead
its surface smoothly blends into the shift key. Not good.)


Don't laugh.
Remove the keycap and trim it down and/or exopy glue the keycap in
place. (unpressed position of course)

Or try info at jsiinc.com "Tips and Tricks"
http://www.jsifaq.com/
#9590 #9842

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