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Disable or Reassign / Remap Control (Ctrl) Key on Your Keyboard

Disable or Reassign / Remap Control (Ctrl) Key on Your Keyboard
Have any of those Computer or PC with the Control (Ctrl) key on Your Keyboard. This tutorial will assist you to disable the key or remap the key to another key like the Windows Keys.
The Control (Ctrl) key is usually found on all laptops, it assist one to quickly navigate to on the Windows Operating System.
To do this we need a tool known as SharpKeys, Click on this link to Download SharpKeys (Note: Install as System Administrator and always run it as System Administrator)

Disable Control (Ctrl) Key on Keyboard

1) After Downloading SharpKeys, Install SharpKeys on Your Computer.

2) After the installation, Launch SharpKeys, it will come with a warning of writing a key to the registry, Click on OK.

3) The SharpKeys Window will open
4) Below, Click on Add (Where Orange box is).
5) Select the Control (Ctrl) Key (From Map this Key Table) and  To this Key, You Select Turn Key Off (00_00) ino rder to disable the key, this Click ok   OR Click on Type Key and Press the Control (Ctrl) Key For Map from this Table and then select Turn Key Off (00_00) inorder to disable the key, then Click on Ok
6)Then Below on the right hand corner, Click on Write to Registry (Where the Orange Box is)

Remap Control (Ctrl) Key on Keyboard

1) After Downloading SharpKeys, Install SharpKeys on Your Computer.
2) After the installation, Launch SharpKeys, it will come with a warning of writing a key to the registry, Click on OK.
3) The SharpKeys Window will open
4) Below, Click on Add (Where Orange box is).
5) Select the Control (Ctrl) Key (From Map this Key Table) and  To this Key, You Select the key you want to remap it to on the list, and then Click on OK   OR Click on Type Key and Press the Control (Ctrl) Key For Map from this Table and then Click on Type Key and Press the Key you want to Use the Control (Ctrl) Key for, then Click on Ok
6)Then Below on the right hand corner, Click on Write to Registry (Where the Orange Box is).
Hope with this, you have learnt How to Disable or Remap Control (Ctrl) Key on Your Keyboard.
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