How can I disable the Win key?
March 4, 1999
A. To disable both Windows keys perform the following:
Start the registry editor (regedt32.exe)
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlKeyboard Layout
From the Edit menu select New - Binary Value
Enter a name of "Scancode Map" and press enter
Double click on the new value and set to
0000 0000 0000 0000 0300 0000 0000 5BE0 0000 5CE0 0000 0000 Do not type the spaces, I only include them only to help you view the dataClick OK
Close the registry editor and reboot the machine
Once the machine has restarted the Win key will no longer work
You can automate this by placing the command in a regini file, create the file remove_win.ini with the following contents
RegistryMachineSYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlKeyboard Layout Scancode Map = REG_BINARY 24 0x00000000 0x00000000 3 0xE05B0000 0xE05C0000 0x0
To then run the script enter the command
regini remove_win.ini
Regini.exe is supplied with the Windows NT Resource kit.
To re-enable the Win key delete the "Scancode Map" value you created.
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