This change makes it easy to press Ctrl-[ as an alternative to pressing Esc. Particularly while touch typing, it can be useful to remap the keyboard so that pressing CapsLock is the same as pressing Ctrl. To restore the keyboard, run regedit.exe and delete the 'Scancode Map' entry from HKEY_CURRENT_USER (and log off/on), or from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (and reboot), depending on which section of the registry you changed. Then, pressing key Esc will generate Escape as normal, pressing CapsLock will also generate Escape, and pressing ScrollLock will generate CapsLock (and you cannot generate ScrollLock).Īlternatively, for the change to apply to all users, run the following reg file and reboot (this key still works in Windows 7 or 8 and 10): To apply the changes, log off and log on. Use Explorer to double-click the file to import the value to the registry. Make sure you know how to remove the registry changes if they cause trouble.įor the current user (doesn't work in Windows 7 or 8 and 10): To map CapsLock to Escape, and ScrollLock to CapsLock, create file (for example) keys.reg containing: Use with caution, and at your own risk.īefore trying the following, you should run regedit.exe and inspect the relevant registry keys, and export them for a backup.

Although this tip has worked in the past for some people, there is no guarantee that it will work for you.

WARNING: Editing your Windows registry may cause unintended side effects that render your system inoperable.

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