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[jspenguin]

I wanted to find a way to disable the start menu popup but still leave shortcuts like Win+R and Win+L enabled. I messed around for 2 hours trying to figure out a solution and finally stumbled on a 2-line solution:

~LWin Up:: return
~RWin Up:: return

This seems to work on both XP and 7. Haven't tried Vista, but I don't see any reason it wouldn't work.

[uogpjf]

RWin is OK, I never hit that by accident. But LWin drives me nuts. I guess I have fat fingers, and I hit it a lot: It steals focus, and interrupts my typing.

I tried
~LWin Up:: return

Works for Me! (Windows 7)

Thank you, Thank you, <jspenguin>! I gave up the search some months ago, and you have provided the solution.

[tidbit]

instead of making it a waste of space, you should give it a new function, not just a blank key. if you want it to be blank, just pop the key off the keyboard. but ya know, that's 1 less modifier for you to use as a hotkey. or 1 less shortcut menu or w/e you could do.

I myself have my window keys (actually, only my right one) mapped to a custom menu script.

and BTW: this isn't really a script. in fact, it's the ultra basics of ahk, and this code is even in the Hotkeys page of the manual.

A key or key-combination can be disabled for the entire system by having it do nothing. The following example disables the right-side Windows key:

RWin::return

Found here: Hotkeys (Mouse, Joystick and Keyboard Shortcuts)

[rainforest1155]

@jspenguin: Yaaay! I've been looking for a way to do it on Win7 for the last couple of days and couldn't come up with a solution that works on Win7. Thanks a lot!

instead of making it a waste of space, you should give it a new function, not just a blank key. if you want it to be blank, just pop the key off the keyboard. but ya know, that's 1 less modifier for you to use as a hotkey. or 1 less shortcut menu or w/e you could do.

Actually, jspenguin's code is very different from the sample code in the FAQ. It does not disable win-key shortcuts - it just disables the key itself if you don't hit any shortcut, but only the winkey itself. The only thing that happens if you hit the winkey itself is that the start menu comes up and steals focus, but you can already get that using ctrl+esc.

[LiquidGravity]

Look up the variable A_PriorHotkey and its related variables in the AHK help.

[MasterFocus]

Gui, [color=brown]99[/color]:+Owner

Gui, [color=brown]99[/color]:Show, y-9999 NoActivate, [color=darkred]WinKeyShouldDoNothing[/color]

#UseHook



; Start the script and use [color=red]F1[/color] to toggle. Change this if desired.

[color=red]F1[/color]:: Gui, % "[color=brown]99[/color]:" ( varToggle:=!varToggle ? "Show" : "Cancel" ), NoActivate



#IfWinExist, [color=darkred]WinKeyShouldDoNothing[/color]

~LWin:: Return



#IfWinExist

[MasterFocus]

Try this:

Gui, 99:+Owner
Gui, 99:Show, y-9999 NoActivate, WinKeyShouldDoNothing
varToggle := 0 ; Start script with 0, which doesn't block LWin.
#UseHook

#IfWinExist, WinKeyShouldDoNothing
~LWin Up:: Return

[color=red]#IfWinExist[/color]
; Start the script and use [color=red]F12[/color] to toggle. Change this if desired.
[color=red]F12[/color]:: Gui, % "99:" ( [color=darkred](varToggle:=!varToggle)[/color] ? "Show" : "Hide" ), NoActivate