how to disable the '%' key (All)

[alechua2]

Hi, does anyone know how to disable the '%' key on the keyboard??

[PatrickMoe]

You can modify the keymap in the registry. I have done this in the past but I need to go back over exactly what I did before I give any more advice on it.

[PatrickMoe]

Here is one way to do this.

The only problem is that if you want to type a '5', you will have to use the keypad.

Put the following stuff into wordpad, save it with a meaningfull filename with an extension of .reg. Execute it and restart your system.

To read a little about how this works, take a look at http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/w2kscan-map.mspx
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00


;Disable the Windows Key, Ctrl Key, and F1 Key.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Keyboard Layout]
"ScanCode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,06, 00,00,00,00,00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[PatrickMoe]

Disregard the comment about Windows Key, Ctrl Key and F1 key in the example.

I cut and pasted from another file and forgot to modify this line. All this code does is remap the '5' key.

[jmagecko]

You might want to consider substituting and making it do something else, rather than disabling it. That way you wouldn't lose the functionality of the "5".

You don't even need to tweak the registry to do that. Use the keyboard re-mapper in WinXP.