Disable shortcut key

[Guest Kanga 85]

How do I disable shortcut keys in WinXP. In particular Ctrl A. My

mother-in-law, aged 85 with very stiff fingers, frequently, but accidentally,

types Ctrl A instead of Shift A. She then continues typing and complains

when she has lost everything. How can I turn this key off?

Thanks.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Disable shortcut key

 

 

"Kanga 85" <Kanga85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> How do I disable shortcut keys in WinXP. In particular Ctrl A. My

> mother-in-law, aged 85 with very stiff fingers, frequently, but

> accidentally,

> types Ctrl A instead of Shift A. She then continues typing and complains

> when she has lost everything. How can I turn this key off?

> Thanks.

 

This is a well-known phenomenon. The easiest way is probably

to map the CapsLock key to the left Ctrl key. You can do it with

remapkey.exe - just drag the CapsLock key on top of the Ctrl key,

then log off and log on again. You can find it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en

Remember to keep a record of what you did in order to avoid

the confusion that would occur two years from now when

nobody has any recollection of this issue.

[Guest Elmo]

Re: Disable shortcut key

 

Kanga 85 wrote:

> How do I disable shortcut keys in WinXP. In particular Ctrl A. My

> mother-in-law, aged 85 with very stiff fingers, frequently, but accidentally,

> types Ctrl A instead of Shift A. She then continues typing and complains

> when she has lost everything. How can I turn this key off?

> Thanks.

 

One thing you can do: Teach her to press Ctrl/Z to undo the last change.

Or click Edit, Undo, for the same result.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?mode=r&query=disable+shortcut+keys&spid=global&catalog=LCID%3D1033&1033comm=1&res=20

http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?mode=r&query=disable+ctrl+keys&spid=global&catalog=LCID%3D1033&1033comm=1&res=20

 

--

Joe =o)

[Guest JF]

Re: Disable shortcut key

 

*Bonjour Kanga 85 * !

<news:BD50A8F4-F9A0-40AB-954B-FA9C5E30953B@microsoft.com>

> How do I disable shortcut keys in WinXP. In particular Ctrl A. My

> mother-in-law, aged 85 with very stiff fingers, frequently, but accidentally,

> types Ctrl A instead of Shift A. She then continues typing and complains

> when she has lost everything. How can I turn this key off?

> Thanks.

 

This is a job for AutoHotkey

http://www.autohotkey.com/

 

Here is the script ==>

 

LCtrl::Shift

Return

 

 

 

The Left Ctrl becomes a Shift Key.

I suggest to do the same with CapsLock :

 

 

CapsLock::LShift

Return

 

--

Salutations, Jean-François.

[Guest Kanga 85]

Re: Disable shortcut key

 

Thanks Pegasus, Elmo, JF.

 

I will try to remap the key. I have told her about Ctrl Z, but she often

types on not realizing what's happen until she find she's lost the lot. And

you haven't had the experience of trying to tell my mother-in-law anything -

it's also me or the computer to blame.

 

Thanks again

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "Kanga 85" <Kanga85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:BD50A8F4-F9A0-40AB-954B-FA9C5E30953B@microsoft.com...

> > How do I disable shortcut keys in WinXP. In particular Ctrl A. My

> > mother-in-law, aged 85 with very stiff fingers, frequently, but

> > accidentally,

> > types Ctrl A instead of Shift A. She then continues typing and complains

> > when she has lost everything. How can I turn this key off?

> > Thanks.

>

> This is a well-known phenomenon. The easiest way is probably

> to map the CapsLock key to the left Ctrl key. You can do it with

> remapkey.exe - just drag the CapsLock key on top of the Ctrl key,

> then log off and log on again. You can find it here:

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en

> Remember to keep a record of what you did in order to avoid

> the confusion that would occur two years from now when

> nobody has any recollection of this issue.

>

>

>

[Guest Kanga 85]

RE: Disable shortcut key

 

Thanks again for all your assistance. But is there any way I can just turn

off Ctrl A, or turn Ctrl A into Shift. I do not really want to lose all of

the Ctrl functions in the left hand Ctrl key, which I will do if I assign it

to Caps Lock, or Shift.

 

Thanks for any further help,

kanga

 

"Kanga 85" wrote:

> How do I disable shortcut keys in WinXP. In particular Ctrl A. My

> mother-in-law, aged 85 with very stiff fingers, frequently, but accidentally,

> types Ctrl A instead of Shift A. She then continues typing and complains

> when she has lost everything. How can I turn this key off?

> Thanks.

[Guest JF]

Re: Disable shortcut key

 

*Bonjour Kanga 85 * !

<news:70BB6ADC-740B-44BB-9796-BE48E9DB315B@microsoft.com>

> Thanks again for all your assistance. But is there any way I can just

> turn off Ctrl A, or turn Ctrl A into Shift. I do not really want to lose

> all of the Ctrl functions in the left hand Ctrl key, which I will do if I

> assign it to Caps Lock, or Shift.

 

Then try this :

 

^a::

 

Explanation :

^ means Ctrl

so ^a:: means CTL+a ==> does nothing

 

Better :

 

^a::

send A

Return

 

So CTL+a does A

 

--

Salutations, Jean-François.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Disable shortcut key

 

 

"Kanga 85" <Kanga85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Thanks again for all your assistance. But is there any way I can just

> turn

> off Ctrl A, or turn Ctrl A into Shift. I do not really want to lose all

> of

> the Ctrl functions in the left hand Ctrl key, which I will do if I assign

> it

> to Caps Lock, or Shift.

>

> Thanks for any further help,

> kanga

>

> "Kanga 85" wrote:

>

 

I tend to be pragmatic: If it works then I'll use it, even if it is not

the ideal solutioin. If you're prepared to spend a lot of time then

you can tweak the keyboard scan codes. Have a look here:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/w2kscan-map.mspx

or here:

http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx

[Guest Kanga 85]

Re: Disable shortcut key

 

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "Kanga 85" <Kanga85@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:70BB6ADC-740B-44BB-9796-BE48E9DB315B@microsoft.com...

> > Thanks again for all your assistance. But is there any way I can just

> > turn

> > off Ctrl A, or turn Ctrl A into Shift. I do not really want to lose all

> > of

> > the Ctrl functions in the left hand Ctrl key, which I will do if I assign

> > it

> > to Caps Lock, or Shift.

> >

> > Thanks for any further help,

> > kanga

> >

> > "Kanga 85" wrote:

> >

>

> I tend to be pragmatic: If it works then I'll use it, even if it is not

> the ideal solutioin. If you're prepared to spend a lot of time then

> you can tweak the keyboard scan codes. Have a look here:

> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/w2kscan-map.mspx

> or here:

> http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/msklc.mspx

>

>

Thanks Pegasus>

[Guest Kanga 85]

Re: Disable shortcut key

 

 

 

"JF" wrote:

> *Bonjour Kanga 85 * !

> <news:70BB6ADC-740B-44BB-9796-BE48E9DB315B@microsoft.com>

>

> > Thanks again for all your assistance. But is there any way I can just

> > turn off Ctrl A, or turn Ctrl A into Shift. I do not really want to lose

> > all of the Ctrl functions in the left hand Ctrl key, which I will do if I

> > assign it to Caps Lock, or Shift.

>

> Then try this :

>

> ^a::

>

> Explanation :

> ^ means Ctrl

> so ^a:: means CTL+a ==> does nothing

>

> Better :

>

> ^a::

> send A

> Return

>

> So CTL+a does A

>

> --

> Salutations, Jean-François.

>

>

>

Thanks JF