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How to remap any key on your keyboard in Windows 11 or 10

Turn a key you don't use such as "insert" into one you really need.

Even if you have one of the best gaming keyboards or best mechanical keyboards on the market, you may not have all the keys you want or need. For example, my 96 percent keyboard has a number pad, arrow keys and a function row, but no print screen key. 

I do have an insert key, but let's be honest — the last time I needed the insert key was in the 1990s. Fortunately, it's easy to remap any key to become any other key so I can turn insert into print screen or turn my numpad into a series of media buttons.

On some fancier keyboards, you can remap keys at the firmware level; these boards usually have either QMK or Via firmware. And, once you remap it there, the new key assignment will apply across computers and operating systems.

However, most keyboards don't have customizable firmware so the easiest way to remap a key is to do so by tweaking a setting in the OS. In Windows, it's really easy to remap a key by modifying the registry. And you don't even need to go into the registry, because there's a utility called SharpKeys that will write your remaps to the registry for you.

How to Remap a Key Using SharpKeys

1. Install SharpKeys from the Microsoft Store.

2. Launch SharpKeys.

3. Click the Add button.

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4. Select the key to remap by either picking it in the left-side menu or clicking Type Key and typing it.

5. Select the key to remap to from the right-side menu and Click Ok .

6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 for additional key remaps if you need them.

7. Click Write to Registry .

You'll get a confirmation message. 

8. Close SharpKeys then reboot your PC or log out then in again.

The new key mappings should work in Windows from now on and you won't need to run SharpKeys again unless you want to do more remaps.

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How do I reassign hot keys for my keyboard?

You can reassign some keys to access different commands, shortcuts, or Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center features to better fit your work style.

Note:  The options listed in this wizard vary depending on the key selected. For example, since you cannot reassign the Windows key, the only option available is to disable it.

To reassign a key

Download and install the Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center .

Connect the keyboard that you want to configure.

Select the Start  button, and then select Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center .

From the displayed list of key names, select the key that you want to reassign.

In the command list of the key that you want to reassign, select a command.

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Logitech Setpoint Keystroke assignment

With the m570 Logitech mouse, I've been trying to setup a "Keystroke Assignment" that would send in the keystrokes Shift + Windows Key + Right arrow.

I've found this post https://superuser.com/questions/947869/windows-10-virtual-desktop-hotkeys post which references another post about how to update the user.xml page to do that here - https://tinkertry.com/logitech-multiple-desktop-mouse-mappings-for-windows-10 .

I've updated the forward "4" button to have this below. However, it doesn't seem to be doing anything. Any ideas how to get this working?

• Add the language tag –  Vega Commented Apr 11, 2022 at 13:42
• This can be done from Lua script in GHub. Use PressKey and ReleaseKey functions. –  Egor Skriptunoff Commented Apr 23, 2022 at 14:06

So, for anyone who has a similar issue, I couldn't get Logitech's software to do what I needed. I ended up using AutoHotKey where I created an .ahk file with this code below.

XButton2::SendEvent +#{Right}

It should be noted that SendEvent is important as Send had a habit of causing the Windows Key to be stuck.

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