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    Ways to remap caps lock to control on Windows 10

These methods in this gist worked for me on my U.S.-based keyboard layouts. I am unsure about other layouts. If you have problems, revert your changes; delete the registry key you created (and reboot).
Update: you should probably scroll down to approach 4 where I suggest using Microsoft PowerToys Keyboard Manager.
Approach 1. Manually through regedit

Navigate to and create a new binary value in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout named Scancode Map.
You will enter the raw bytes like this (thanks @quapka):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 1d 00 3a 00 00 00 00 00

Save. Reboot. Done.
Approach 2. Make your own registry key file.

Thanks @datsuka-qwerty
Create a new .reg file and name it something meaningful like capstoctrl.reg. Edit the file and paste in the following:
[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

Save. Run the file. Reboot. Done.
Approach 3. Through PowerShell (as Administrator)

Open PowerShell as an administrator (Win + X)
$hexified = "00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,1d,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00".Split(',') | % { "0x$_"};

$kbLayout = 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout';

New-ItemProperty -Path $kbLayout -Name "Scancode Map" -PropertyType Binary -Value ([byte[]]$hexified);

Save. Reboot. Done.
Approach 4. Microsoft PowerToys

Give PowerToys a try for remapping not only capslock, but other keys as well. Microsoft PowerToys: Utilities to customize Windows 10.
Microsoft PowerToys: Keyboard Manager enables you to redefine keys on your keyboard.