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Over the years, I have written and re-written about a technique that allows you to remap the keys on a Windows 10 keyboard using a tool plant in an old Windows Server Resource Kit. While that technique however works, with the latest release of Windows ten PowerToys, in that location is now an fifty-fifty ameliorate way to remap the keys on a keyboard.

Version 0.eighteen.0 of Windows 10 PowerToys includes a new app called Keyboard Director. This utility allows yous to remap keys and central combinations on your keyboard with but a few clicks of the mouse. This how-to tutorial shows you lot how to access Keyboard Managing director and so use it to remap keys.

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Using PowerToys Keyboard Manager to remap keys

Keyboard Managing director is part of the latest fix of Windows 10 PowerToys. Download and install the latest version of PowerToys and launch the application. Using the left-hand navigation bar (Figure A), select the Keyboard Director tab and so flip the switch to the "on" position.

Effigy A

To remap a single key on your Windows x keyboard, click the Remap a primal button. A new screen volition pop up (Effigy B), and so yous'll be asked to enter a keystroke that you would like to change, followed by the new key y'all would similar it to represent.

Figure B

As an example, if y'all are prone to inadvertently pressing the Caps Lock key, you tin can remap that cardinal to something else and move Caps Lock to a safer spot on the keyboard. In Figure C, we are remapping the Caps Lock key to be Left-Shift and moving Caps Lock to be the right-hand Windows key. Click OK to complete the process.

Figure C

Now, the Keyboard Managing director shows what keys take been remapped (Figure D), and then you can run across at a glance what yous have done in the by.

Effigy D

You can likewise remap mutual keyboard shortcut combinations using Keyboard Manager. In Effigy Due east, we volition remap Interruption (Alt-Scroll Lock) to be Paste Text Only (CTRL-Alt-5). Click OK to complete the process.

Figure E

Your remapped keys and fundamental combinations will remain in effect every bit long as the Keyboard Manager is turned on and Windows x PowerToys is running. As a practical affair, this caveat means yous will probable want to fix PowerToys to automatically run during the Windows 10 kick process.

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Using the left-mitt navigation bar in Windows 10 PowerToys again, select the Full general then flip the Run at Startup switch to the "on" position, as shown in Effigy F.

Figure F

At present, when you outset or restart Windows ten, PowerToys will automatically start and run in the background, ensuring your keyboard remapping remains in place.