How To Disable the Capslock Key in Windows

Do you accidentally hit the Caps Lock key while typing?Do you really have a reason to use the Caps Lock key?By disabling the Caps Lock key and using the Shift key when necessary, you can make a few quick changes to your Windows registry settings.You can disabling the Caps Lock key in the Windows registry using the registry editor or a graphical tool.

Step 1: Go to the website atmelk.de.

CapsLock Goodbye is a free Windows tool.You can install the English version of the website if you speak English.

Step 2: Click here to get Capslock Goodbye 2.0.

It is at the bottom of the page.There is a red-and-white keyboard on the app's icon.The Zip file will be used to download the app to your location.If you choose a download location, you have to click to start the download.

Step 3: You need to unZIP the downloaded file.

You can open your Downloads folder or wherever you saved the file.Click and select.Click to confirm.

Step 4: Click on the folder that says goodbye to the capslock.

It is in the current folder.

Step 5: There is a program called capslockgoodbye.exe.

You can start the app by clicking.The warning tells you that the app will modify your registry, and that it will affect all users on the computer.You should back up your registry before you start.When you're done, you can close that window.

Step 6: Click the CapsLock key menu to turn it off.

The first menu is in the window.

Step 7: Click OK to restart your computer.

Your Caps Lock key won't work after your computer restarts.Click, click and then restart your computer if you want to re-enable the Caps Lock key.

Step 8: You can open the registry editor.

To do this, you can type regedit into the Windows search bar and click on the results.Press + to open the search bar if you don't see it.Before you make any registry changes, you should back up your registry.The CapsLock Goodbye method does the same thing if you don't like using the registry editor, but with a graphical interface.

Step 9: You can navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

You can double-click each folder on the left panel.

Step 10: Select New when you click the right panel.

A menu will be expanded.

Step 11: The menu has aBinary Value option.

Step 12: The new entry is called Scancode Map.

Once you've typed the new name, you can press it.

Step 13: Click "Scancode Map" to modify the data.

The window has a bunch of zeros.

Step 14: The value should be replaced with 00000000000000000200000000003A0000000000.

This is the code for disabling the CapsLock key.

Step 15: Click OK.

To confirm the action, follow the instructions on the screen.

Step 16: You should restart your PC.

The Caps Lock key will be disabled when it comes back up.The Scancode Map entry can be deleted if you return to the registry path.