Comments on: Map Any Key to Any Key on Windows 7 / XP / Vista

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:02:57 +0000

Hi—

I recently bought a Lenovo tablet, and I downloaded SharpKeys to switch the page forward and page back keys located near the arrow-keypad (on the bottom-right corner of the keyboard) to home and end, respectively, but instead I got an error saying, “You have entered a key that SharpKeys doesn’t know about. Please check the SharpKeys website for an updated release,” but I downloaded the program three days ago, and it was the most up-to-date version. It said that both keys were 00_100. Any ideas for what to do?
Thanks!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:58:25 +0000

My computer is a laptop so I don’t have a keypad for numbers. When I turn the keylock on it makes the Fn numbers on the keyboard work instead of the letters. That’s useless and frankly annoying. I want to bind a .wav file to the key so whenever I press “Num Lk” it plays the sound effect. I’m confident that this program will successfully remap it. However, I use iTunes as my default music player, including for .wav files, and I want to keep it that way. Is there a way I can bind this sound effect to the key and have it play like a normal windows sound effect (like the beep when you click on a window that can’t be accessed because you have its options window open), which is to say: not through iTunes? It would be tremendously amusing if I got this set up.

By: Joao

Joao — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:13:51 +0000

doesnt disable ALT TAB

0 to 10, I vote 1

By: Almino

Almino — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:52:27 +0000

Okay my F-keys are always set to doing only functions like Volume, Lighting etc.. Ex. i have to press Fn + F1 to open the help menu, cause it i only press F1 it turns my Wireless off. I want to be able to press just F1 and get the Help menu but be able to press Fn + F1 to turn wireless off?

Is that possible with this?

By: Jeff Root

Jeff Root — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:37:37 +0000

On thinkpads, the fn key is managed by the embedded controller chip. The OS loads an ACPI config table at boot time that sets up event handlers for these keys.

So fn does not produce a scancode at all, and thus a simple keyboard remapping is not possible.

However, if you really want this to work, you’d have to build an ACPI event handler that emits the scancode for Ctl whenever fn is pushed (I’ve done similar things under Linux, not sure how to do this for Windows). Getting the Ctl key to act as the fn key seems much harder; I _think_ you’d have to intercept the scancode and (somehow) detect which fn modifier key (e.g., sleep key) is also pressed, then run the corresponding ACPI handler directly.

Not really easy at all. I wouldn’t say impossible, but darn near.

By: devalias

devalias — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:19:23 +0000

I’m having the same problem. I want to swap ctrl and fn. any ideas?

By: Bjorn

Bjorn — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:10:28 +0000

“Too bad it can’t recognize the function key (Fn) on my Lenovo x61 tablet pc. I was hoping to switch Fn & Ctrl. I still like Ctrl to be at the corner, not the Fn key� ”

I’ve got the exact same problem. Im looking to buy a new laptop, but I cant stand having the Function (Fn) key on the bottom left where the Ctrl key is supposed to be.

Is it at all possible to make this switch?

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:14:55 +0000

Is there a way to do this on an as-needed basis? Can I turn it on/off at will?

I have to enter the answers to multiple choice questions frequently. The choices are always A/B/C/D or E/F/G/H (or sometimes A/B/C/D/E). It difficult to stare at the user’s test answer sheet, and using the QWERTY keyboard to peck out their response.

It would be easier to map A=1; B = 2; C = 3; D = 4, and then Q= E; W= F; E = G and R = H so the answer keys are always my left hand, pinky through pointer finger.

Can this app be used to turn this feature on /off at will?

Thanks!

By: ecards

ecards — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:06:59 +0000

Great app – I’m using this to make it easier to program my Harmony remote since I can’t get it to emulate the Windows key!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:53:21 +0000

I downloaded SharpKeys hoping to swap the Alt and Windows keys on the left side of my keyboard. I put an Apple keyboard on an XP machine, and while the keyboard works fine with the system, the Alt key is in a different physical location on a standard Apple keyboard. So instead putting my left thumb on the key just to the side of the spacebar and hitting the Tab key to switch apps, it needs to go to one key over — old habits are hard to break.

Unfortunately, SharpKeys can’t remap the Windows key; or at least I was unable to figure out how to get it to do it.