Горячие клавиши ОС Windows 7, 8, а теперь и Windows 10 сильно облегчают жизнь тем, кто помнит о них и привык использовать. Для меня наиболее часто используемыми являются Win+E, Win+R, а с выходом Windows 8.1 — Win+X (под Win подразумевается клавиша с эмблемой Windows, а то часто в комментариях пишут, что нет такой клавиши). Однако у кого-то может появиться желание отключить горячие клавиши Windows, и в этой инструкции я покажу, как это сделать.
Сначала речь пойдет о том, как просто отключить клавишу Windows на клавиатуре, чтобы она не реагировала на нажатия (тем самым отключаются все горячие клавиши с ее участием), а затем — об отключении любых отдельных комбинаций клавиш, в которых присутствует Win. Все нижеописанное должно работать в Windows 7, 8 и 8.1, а также в Windows 10. См. также: Как отключить клавишу Windows на ноутбуке или компьютере.
Отключение клавиши Windows с помощью редактора реестра
Для того, чтобы отключить клавишу Windows на клавиатуре компьютера или ноутбука, запустите редактор реестра. Быстрее всего это сделать (пока горячие клавиши работают) нажав комбинацию Win+R, после чего появится окно «Выполнить». В него вводим regedit и нажимаем Enter.
- В реестре откройте раздел (так называются папки слева) HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer (Если в Policies нет папки Explorer, то кликните по Policies правой кнопкой мыши, выберите «Создать раздел» и назовите его Explorer).
- С выделенным разделом Explorer, кликните правой кнопкой мыши в правой области редактора реестра, выберите «Создать» — «Параметр DWORD 32 бита» и назовите его NoWinKeys.
- Дважды кликнув по нему, установите значение 1.
После этого вы можете закрыть редактор реестра и перезагрузить компьютер. Для текущего пользователя клавиша Windows и все связанные с ней комбинации клавиш работать не будут.
Отключение отдельных горячих клавиш Windows
Если вам требуется отключить конкретные горячие клавиши с участием кнопки Windows, то вы тоже можете это сделать в редакторе реестра, в разделе HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ Advanced
Зайдя в данный раздел, кликните правой кнопкой мыши в области с параметрами, выберите «Создать» — «Расширяемый строковый параметр» и назовите его DisabledHotkeys.
Дважды кликните по данному параметру и в поле значение введите буквы, горячие клавиши для которых будут отключены. Например, если вы введете EL то перестанут работать комбинации Win+E (запуск Проводника) и Win+L (Блокировка экрана).
Нажмите Ок, закройте редактор реестра и перезагрузите компьютер, чтобы изменения вступили в силу. В дальнейшем, если нужно будет вернуть все как было, просто удалите или измените созданные вами параметры в реестре Windows.
Quick Answer
- A hotkey is a physical key on the keyboard assigned to perform a specific set of tasks when using a specific app on your PC.
- Sticky Key is a feature, to assist disabled people, it gets accidentally triggered, and with a press of a key, and can be annoying at times.
- Registry editor is another feature available in Windows that lets us change and modify many administrator-level settings and functions in a Windows PC by tweaking the registry entries.
While playing videos or games, often time we accidentally trigger shortcuts and keyboard-based hotkeys. A hotkey is a physical key on the keyboard assigned to perform a specific set of tasks when using a specific app on your PC. This can be annoying while watching a movie, or playing a game. Today in this read, we will discuss how to turn off hotkeys in Windows. Meanwhile, you can learn to disable Microsoft OneDrive in Windows 11.
How to Disable Media Hotkeys in Windows 11/10
If you do not want to use shortcuts based on hotkeys on your Windows 10 or 11 PC. Turning off media hotkeys in Windows 10/11 OS is simple and easy to use. In this read, we will explain three simple methods to disable hotkeys on your Windows-based PC.
Disable Sticky Keys in Windows
Sticky Key is a feature, to assist disabled people, it gets accidentally triggered, and with a press of a key, and can be annoying at times. There is an option available under the Windows accessibility settings, to disable it. Follow the steps to learn how to do it.
1. Open Settings on your Windows PC and navigate to Accessibility.
2. Under the Accessibility menu, select Keyboard.
3. Next, check the status of the Sticky Keys feature.
4. Now, simply Turn Off the toggle for Sticky Keys.
Using Local Group Policy Editor
Local Group Policy Editor is an administrative tool for Windows which allows us to configure and modify Group Policy settings within Group Policy Objects (GPOs). With editing of some of the Local Group Policy settings, we can disable the media hotkeys on Windows PC. Follow the steps given below, to learn how to disable it.
Note: Local Group Policy Editor is not available in the Home edition of Windows, so we will first need to get into our PC with the help of the Policy Plus tool.
1. Visit the Github page of Policy Plus.
2. Now scroll down to download the latest build of Policy Plus.
3. Once downloaded launch the app on your PC.
4. After that it will prompt you to download the AMDX files. Click on Begin to start downloading.
5. Now, open Command Prompt(CMD) as Administrator.
6. Paste the following command and hit Enter.
FOR %F IN (“%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~*.mum”) DO ( DISM /Online /NoRestart /Add-Package:”%F” )
7. Wait for the deployment process to complete.
8. Now, go to the Run window by pressing Windows Key+R and type gpedit.msc, and hit Enter.
9. Switch to Administrative Template under the User Configuration head, from the left pane.
10. Here, select Windows Components.
11. Now under the Windows Components head, select File Explorer.
12. Now, navigate to Turn off Windows Key hotkeys under the File Explorer section.
13. Double-click the Turn off Windows Key hotkeys menu and set it to Enabled and then click Apply.
14. Now, close the Group Policy Editor and Restart the PC.
Using Registry Editor
Registry editor is another feature available in Windows that lets us change and modify many administrator-level settings and functions in a Windows PC by tweaking the registry entries. Follow the steps below, to turn off hotkeys from the registry editor.
1. Open Run Window by pressing the Windows key + R at the same time.
2. Here, type regedit and hit enter, and select Yes in the UAC prompt to open the Registry Editor window.
3. Now, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and then Software.
4. Under the Software head, select Microsoft.
5. Here, under Microsoft head navigate to Windows.
6. Now, open the Current Version under the Windows sub-menu.
7. Once in the Current Version section, navigate to Policies.
8. On the right blank space, right-click and select New > Key and rename it to Explorer.
9. Now again right click on the right blank space and select New > DWord Value (32bit) and name it as NoKeyShorts.
10. Now double-click on the NoKeyShorts and change the value from 0 to 1.
Wrapping Up
In the above article, we discussed the three easy ways to turn off Media Hotkeys in Windows 10 and 11. I hope you found this useful, share this with someone who always triggers hotkeys while working or gaming. Check out other tips linked below, and stay tuned to GadgetsToUse for more such tips.
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If you use Windows operating system, you might be very well aware of the WIN key present on your computer’s keyboard. Generally WIN key is used to quickly access Start Menu or Start Screen in Windows. But you can also use WIN key in combination with another key to access other programs or features in Windows. There are many such keyboard shortcuts (hotkeys) available in Windows which use WIN key plus other keys such as:
- WIN+R to launch RUN dialog box
- WIN+E to launch Windows Explorer
- WIN+L to lock
- WIN+P to launch External Display selection screen
- WIN+X to show WIN+X menu (Windows 8 and later)
- WIN+C to show Charms Bar (Windows 8 and later)
- WIN+PrtScn to capture computer screen and save screenshot (Windows 8 and later)
- WIN+S or WIN+F to launch Search
- WIN+D to show the Desktop
- WIN+M to minimize all running programs windows
- WIN+SHIFT+M to restore all running programs windows
- WIN+Break to show System Properties
- WIN+B to set focus on system tray (Taskbar notification area) icons
- WIN+T to set focus on Taskbar buttons
- WIN+number key (0-9) to switch between Quick Launch toolbar or Taskbar buttons
Although these WIN+ hotkeys are very useful and time saving but many people might find these built-in hotkeys annoying. For example, suppose you were using WIN+Arrow keys to change volume level in your Windows XP or Vista PC and when you upgraded your PC to Windows 7, the WIN+Arrow hotkey was automatically assigned to change windows alignment such as restore windows, maximize windows, cascade windows, etc as a part of Aero Snap feature. Now you don’t want this new behavior and want to unbind or disable the built-in Windows 7 hotkey so that you can use your previous hotkey functionality.
There might be many other reasons behind disabling built-in WIN+ hotkeys in Windows. For example you often accidentally press WIN and another key in your keyboard so you may want to disable the WIN+ hotkey feature to prevent it from happening again.
If you also want to turn off WIN+ hotkeys in your Windows, this tutorial will definitely help you.
We have divided this tutorial in 2 parts:
- PART 1: Disable WIN+ hotkeys only
- PART 2: Disable WIN key completely
If you don’t want to disable WIN key but want to disable its hotkeys such as WIN+R, WIN+E, etc, then you’ll need to follow the steps given in part 1 of the tutorial.
If you want to completely disable WIN key so that it no longer works in your system, then you should follow part 2 of this tutorial. Completely disabling WIN key will also disable all its hotkeys.
With the help of following steps, you’ll be able to turn off all WIN+ hotkeys available in your Windows.
You can use following 2 methods to disable WIN+ hotkeys:
- METHOD 1: Using Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)
- METHOD 2: Using Registry Editor (regedit)
METHOD 1: Using Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc)
1. Type gpedit.msc in RUN or Start search box and press Enter. It’ll open Group Policy Editor.
2. Now go to:
User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Explorer
or
User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> File Explorer
3. In right-side pane, look for “Turn off Windows+X hotkeys” option.
4. The option would be set to Not Configured. Double-click on it and set it to Enabled.
That’s it. It’ll immediately turn off all WIN+ hotkeys in your system.
PS: To re-enable the hotkeys in future, again set the “Turn off Windows+X hotkeys” option to Not Configured.
METHOD 2: Using Registry Editor (regedit)
If you are using Home edition of Windows OS, you’ll not be able to run gpedit.msc command because this edition doesn’t come with Group Policy Editor.
If you can’t use or don’t want to use Group Policy Editor, you can take help of Registry Editor for the same task. Just follow these simple steps:
1. Type regedit in RUN or Start search box and press Enter. It’ll open Registry Editor.
2. Now go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
3. In right-side pane, create a new DWORD NoWinKeys and set its value to 1
4. Close Registry Editor and restart your system. After reboot the WIN+ hotkeys will be turned off in your system.
PS: To re-enable WIN+ hotkeys in future, delete the DWORD NoWinKeys created in step 3.
PART 2: Disable WIN Key Completely
If you want to completely turn off the WIN key in your system so that no one can use WIN key and all its related hotkeys, then this method will help you.
We’ll use the built-in “Keyboard Scancode Mapping” feature of Windows to disable WIN key. If you remember we have used the same feature to disable Caps Lock key in following tutorial:
How to Disable Annoying Caps Lock Key in Windows?
If you follow the tutorial given at the above mentioned link and set the value of Scancode Map binary present in HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout key to 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 5b e0 00 00 5c e0 00 00 00 00, it’ll completely disable WIN key.
But modifying Registry and changing value of a binary is not an easy task, so we are going to use a very easy to use freeware “Sharp Keys” to do the same task automatically.
Sharp Keys is a free software which allows you to disable any desired key or change functionality of a key present on your computer keyboard.
1. First of all download the software using following article:
Download Sharp Keys
2. Run the software and click on Add button. Now click on “Type Key” button given in first section “Map this key (From key)“. It’ll open a small dialog box to detect a key. Now press WIN key and it’ll store the key. Click on OK button.
3. Now leave the value of “To this key (To key)” section set to “— Turn Key Off (00_00)“.
4. Click on OK button and then click on “Write to Registry” button.
If you have two WIN keys (left and right) on your keyboard, repeat the same steps for the other WIN key as well.
It’ll immediately save your settings to Windows Registry. Restart your computer and upon reboot, the WIN key will be disabled completely.
PS: If you want to enable WIN key again in future, run Sharp Keys tool again, select the WIN key entry given in the list and click on “Delete” button. At last click on “Write to Registry” button and restart your system.
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If you’re looking for a method to disable the Windows hotkeys/shortcuts in Windows 10/11. (e.g. the «Windows key + E» to open Explorer, «Windows key + R» to open the Run command box, etc.), continue reading below.
The Windows key is used in combination with other keyboard keys to make certain Windows tasks easier to perform. However, if you accidentally press any of these combinations, you may open/close programs or activate features you don’t need. In other cases, you may want to disable Windows key shortcuts to prevent others from using them.
In this guide you’ll find two ways to deactivate the keyboard shortcuts on Windows 10/11 OS. *
* Notes:
1. The below methods only disable the following Windows hotkeys on Windows 10/11:
- Windows key + E: This opens the File Explorer window.
- Windows key + R: Opens the Run dialog box.
- Windows key + D: Minimizes all open windows and shows the desktop.
- Windows key + S: This opens the Search bar.
It won’t disable the Windows key shortcuts: Windows + I (Settings), Windows + X (open the quick menu when pressing the right-click on Start menu), Windows + L (Locks Computer), or Windows + Tab (shows all open windows).
2. If you want to all the Windows key combinations, proceed and disable the single Windows key on your keyboard, by using the instructions on this guide: How to Disable Windows Key on Windows 10/11.
Method 1. Disable Windows Hotkeys in Registry. *
The first method to deactivate the Windows key shortcuts is through Windows Registry. To do that:
1. Right-click at Start menu and select Run.
2. Type regedit and press OK (or Enter) to open the Registry Editor.
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3. In Registry Editor, navigate to the following path:*
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
4a. Right-click at «Policies» key and chose New > key.
4b. Name the new key «Explorer» and press Enter.
5a. Now, right-click at «Explorer» key and select New > DWORD (32-bit value)
5b. Name the new value as: «NoWinkeys» & press Enter.
5c. Finally, double-click to open the «NoWinkeys» value, type «1» at the value data box and click OK.
6. Close the Registry Editor and restart your PC, or restart Explorer using task manager to apply the setting.
a. Press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to open Task Manager.
b. At Processes tab, right-click at Windows Explorer and click Restart to apply the change.
7. After you restart the computer or Windows Explorer, the Windows key hotkeys will not work.
To Enable the Windows key hotkeys:
To re-enable the disabled Windows key combinations:
1. Open the registry editor.
2. Navigate to the following path:
- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
3. Delete the «NoWinkeys» REG_DWORD value, or change its value from «1» to «0«.
Method 2. Disable Windows key hotkeys through Group Policy.
If you using Windows 11/10 Pro version, you can disable the Windows key combinations in Local Group Policy, using the instructions below:
1. Right-click at Start menu and select Run.
2. Type gpedit.msc to open the Group Policy Editor.
3. In Policy Editor, go to the following path:
-
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > File Explorer
4a. At the right-pane open the Turn off Windows Key hotkeys policy.
4b. Select Enabled and click Apply > OK.
5. Close the group policy editor and restart your computer to apply the change.*
* Note: To re-enable the Windows hotkeys, set the «Turn off Windows Key hotkeys» policy to «Disabled» or «Not Configured«.
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