Disable shortcut key

[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.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

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/...69-57ff-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.

 

[Elmo]

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.

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[JF]

*Bonjour 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.

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

 

[Kanga 85]

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

 

[Kanga 85]

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

 

[JF]

*Bonjour Kanga 85 * !

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

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

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

:

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

 

[Kanga 85]

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>

 

[Kanga 85]

*Bonjour Kanga 85 * !


Then try this :

^a::

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

Better :

^a::
send A
Return

So CTL+a does A

Thanks JF