If you ever want to undo or edit your mapping, just start the program and edit or delete the key’s functionality, and then again restart your computer or log off and log back in. Then log off or restart your computer for the changes to take effect. Once you are done, just press the magic “Write to Registry” button to save your changes. You can change functionality of as many keeps as you like. When you’ve made your selections, hit “OK” to close the window.

Here, to disable the key, choose the first option in the list “Turn Key Off (00_00)”, or to remap, follow the steps you did earlier to choose another key. With the key selected, switch attention to the left panel list. If you want a more intuitive selection option, click on the “Type Key” button and manually press the key on your keyboard when the new dialog opens. Now choose the key you wish to modify from the left panel list under “Map this key (From key)”. To select a key to disable or remap, click on the Add button on the bottom left to bring up the “Add New Key Mapping” dialog. More about the program – when you start it, you will see a neat and simple interface as in the image. Disable – that’s what we eventually did with the F1 key, so that it does not bother anymore. Along with remapping, the program can also disable any unwanted keys on the keyboard. SharpKeys is a portable program that was originally created with the intent to provide Windows users an easy way to re-map keyboard keys.

In our search, we found an awesome program called SharpKeys in the Codeplex repository. I thought of re-mapping the key with a registry hack, but he wanted something simpler, like a program that would do this. Because of this layout, he often used to hit the F1 key by accident, when he was going for the Esc key. The laptop’s a 15.6-incher, although it has a full keyboard with the numeric keypad. The keys on my friend’s laptop are laid out pretty close to each other.

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