Improve PC Gaming By Disabling Windows Key


Mr Byte has produced a very clear guide to disabling the Windows key on keyboards. If you’re a keen gamer, this guide could prove handy as the Windows Key is right bang in the middle of important gaming keys like CTRL and ALT, so it can be easily pressed. Pretty annoying if you are in the middle of a fire-fight and suddenly your PC switches to the desktop.

If like me you never use the Windows Key, then here is how to disable it:

  1. Goto Start -> Run and Type Regedit and press Enter (In Vista, type ‘Regedit’ in Search Box under Start)
  2. Browse to ‘My Computer\ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Control\ Leyboard Layout
  3. On the right hand side pane, right click and move over ‘NEW‘ and Click ‘Binary Value
  4. This would have created a new entry with the name ‘New Value #1‘ with Type ‘REG_BINARY‘ and Data as zero-length binary value.
  5. Right Click ‘New Value #1′ and rename it to ‘Scancode Map
  6. Right Click again and click ‘Modify Binary Data’ and enter ‘00000000000000000300000000005BE000005CE000000000
  7. Close everything and restart your computer.

if you want to restore your Windows Key, then just delete the new entry that you’ve just created.

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  1. #1

    This might have been good to know when the keyboards started appearing!

    I little bit to late as I’ve now learnt to avoiding the key!!

  2. #2

    Thanks for mentioning…

  3. #3

    The windows key on my keyword provides adequate spacing between the alt and ctrl keys. Well maybe I don’t do enough intense gaming to appreciate this tip, but it can certainly help gamers who run into desktop mode too often.

  4. #4

    [...] Pretty annoying if you are in the middle of a fire-fight and suddenly your PC switches to the desktop. If like me you never use the Windows Key, then here is how to disable it: Goto Start -> Run and [...]

  5. #5

    Interesting tip but I use the G15 keyboard (the older blue one) that has a lock funtion to disable the windows key with one easy switch. Any serious gamer should invest in a quality keyboard.

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