#Sharpkeys reset to default update
#Sharpkeys reset to default code
#Sharpkeys reset to default Pc

What SharpKeysĭoes is edits this registry key using a simple UI and sidestepping the registry editor.Ī: There's no way I could get a lab of keyboards to test, especially when almost every modern keyboard comes withĮxtra keys or language specific keys - some companies are even making keyboards with special buttons for their own Registry key does is tell windows 'even though they pressed 0x3A, treat it as 0x2A' (which is left shift). Turn that on!' What modern versions of Windows also does is it checks a registry key when the machine boots.

#Sharpkeys reset to default code

Is passed on into Windows (in most cases) and Windows interprets it as 'they pressed code 0x3A so that's Caps Lock. Q: What's all this stuff about 'scan codes'?Ī: Whenever you press a key on your keyboard, it sends a binary code to the keyboard controller in you PC.Q: I've got an Office keyboard - can I remap the function keys to be F1-F12?Ī: Yes! Use the F-Lock keys for your functions and map them to the correct F1-F12 keys.To their F-key counterparts, the computer will start with all of the Functions keys active. ForĮxample, if you want the F5 to act like F5 when F-Lock is OFF, map F-Lock: Open to F5. What SharpKeys will allow you to do is map the default nature of the key to a standard fucntion key.

Once F-Lock is turned on, these keys behave like function keys,į1 to F12. By default, when a computer boots, instead of the Function keys being F1 through F12, they haveĪ completely different function: Help, Print, Save, etc. Unlike the Caps Lock or Num Lock keys, the F-Lock key cannot be turned on by default - it requires someone to press itīefore it's turned on. For example, I could make my Right Ctrl key be a Left Windows key but I couldn'tĪ: Many of the newer keyboard on the market have dual functions for their F-keys that are toggled by an F-Lock key.

Q: I AM running the right version of windows but a particular key is still not mapped!Ī: Frankly, I tried to get every know scan code that I could find, but some may not be correct OR your particular.

Q: I did what you said and none of my keys are remapped? By the way I'm running an older version of Windows.Ī: Sorry, but this particular registry hack required Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista to run.

Q: When I run SharpKeys 2.1, 2.0 or 1.x using Vista, I get an error when I clieck the 'Write to Registry' - why?Ī: This is expected behavior for these releases either run SharpKeys as an Administrator or download the latest version of Sharpkeys (2.1.1 or higher).

Q: When I run SharpKeys 2.1.1 using Vista, I'm prompted to give SharpKeys Administrator permissions - why?Ī: The registry key that SharpKeys is setting for you is located a newly protected part of the Registry the only way that SharpKeys can edit that key is to be given Administrator rights temporarily.

#Sharpkeys reset to default update

Windows Update website for Windows 2000, Windows XP (Professional or Home), Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista. NET Framework installed on it yet! You can get this from the

#Sharpkeys reset to default Pc

Q: I installed SharpKeys on my computer and when I start the program up it says it can't find MSCOREE.DLL.Ī: Your PC doesn't have the 2.0 version of the.

Q: I tried to run your application, but I'm getting a huge message box, with an error that tells me it can't.