On a related note on my less-than-heralded return to gaming, I rediscovered something that really puts my panties in a bunch: the left-side Windows key.
You know what I’m talking about. You’re in the middle of a map, and your pinky hits it, leaving your character dead in the water until your ALT+TAB fu kicks in and you switch back to the game.
Well, there is a solution: the registry.
You can create a new a new binary value in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout named “Scancode Map” with a value of 00000000000000000200000000005BE000000000, or you can download and run this registry patch.
NOTE: this only disables the LEFT Windows Key.
Either way, you need to reboot to see the difference. Happy fraggin’ y’all.
Or… you can just pry the wicked little key from your keyborard.