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Remap Caps-Lock key to Ctrl in Windows 7/8
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Remap Caps-Lock key to Ctrl in Windows 7/8

  • Press Windows key + R and type regedit.exe
  • Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout
  • Create new entry with type Binary value named: Scancode Map
  • Modify value to: 
    02 00 00 00 1D 00 3A 00
00 00 00 00```
  • Restart computer
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Turn CAPSLOCK to Ctrl.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,1d,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00
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