System-wide Swap Left Control and Caps Lock in Windows 10

swap-ctrl-caps.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; https://superuser.com/a/1264295
;
; The hex data is in five groups of four bytes:
;   00,00,00,00,\    header version (always 00000000)
;   00,00,00,00,\    header flags (always 00000000)
;   03,00,00,00,\    # of entries (3 in this case) plus a NULL terminator line.
;                    Entries are in 2-byte pairs: Key code to send & keyboard key to send it.
;                    Each entry is in LSB, MSB order.
;   1d,00,3a,00,\    Send LEFT CTRL (0x001d) code when user presses the CAPS LOCK key (0x003a) 
;   3a,00,1d,00,\    Send CAPS LOCK (0x003a) code when user presses the LEFT CTRL key (0x001d) 
;   00,00,00,00      NULL terminator
;
; Use this for your user only and without admin... via
; https://dropline.net/2009/05/mapping-caps-lock-to-control-without-admin-access/
;[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,\
                   00,00,00,00,\
                   03,00,00,00,\
                   1d,00,3a,00,\
                   3a,00,1d,00,\
                   00,00,00,00

See also

• https://superuser.com/a/1264295
• https://dropline.net/2009/05/mapping-caps-lock-to-control-without-admin-access/