FG

How can I remap Capslock on Windows 7 without thirdparty software?

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 202615210 views
Confidence Score0%
0%

Problem

I just upgraded to Windows 7, and I'm trying to reconfigure everything to my liking. Under Windows XP, I had remapped the Capslock key to behave as a Control key (I spent a long time with Solaris keyboards, and grew to like it). In XP, I did this as a system-wide setting via the registry: It is my …

Error Output

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,1d,00,3a,00,3a,00,5d,e0

Unverified for your environment

Select your OS to check compatibility.

1 Fix

Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification

Fix for: How can I remap Capslock on Windows 7 without thirdparty software?

Low Risk

How to remap or disable Caps Lock Key in Windows 7 or Vista. Lucky for you, I ran across this yesterday. From that site, here's the regkey to turn Capslock into a Ctrl key:

Awaiting Verification

Be the first to verify this fix

Sign in to verify this fix

Environment