Disable Windows Button on Keyboard

Since Windows XP was launched, PC keyboard was added with two buttons. First button is Windows logo button and Properties button. Windows logo button is very useful to open Start menu or you can also using it with a button combination to open certain action. For example, if you press Windows key/button + E, Windows Explorer will open. Unfortunately, if you are very rare to using this button and you feel it is very annoying, just disable it.

To disable Windows button, you must modify your registry data. And here are the steps:

1. Open Registry Editor by click Start -> Run, enter regedit in box and then press Enter.
   
2. Navigate to this path: HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Keyboard Layout.
   
3. Create a new binary key by right click Keyboard Layout key (Be careful, you’ll see a similar key, Keyboard Layouts key), and then click New -> Binary value menu.
   
4. Replace the original value with Scancode Map value.
   
5. Fill Scancode Map value with data: 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 5B, E0, 00, 00, 5C, E0, 00, 00, 00, 00 (without commas), then press OK button.
   
6. Close Registry Editor and then restart your computer.
7. When Windows XP is started, try to press your Windows logo button. If you did it right, there is no reaction.

To re-enable it, just delete Scancode Map value.
(article no: 0147)

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