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[bobbo]

I've got a 1-year-old boy that's just starting to bang on the keyboard to this kind of game:
http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=2601&e=gamesByAge&mcat=game_infant&site=us

I've also got a 4-year-old girl who's starting to move up to side-scrollers:
http://www.nickjr.com/playtime/index.jhtml

My problem was they tended to bump the Windows key, or an Alt key, etc., and the game's window lost focus. (Or the 1-year-old somehow re-arranged all the desktop icons.) I looked for a long time for a kid's keyboard, or an overlay, or something, but it just doesn't exist.

So my answer was this simple script that does just two things: (1) disables all keys except the alpha-numerics and direction keys, and (2) for a held-down key, only sends a single key-press.

[Dave72]

Fantastic.. I hadnt even thought of using ahk to lock-down the wife's pc like that for our 4 yr old to use..

Ill prob compile and install it tomorrow.

Thanks for thinking outside the box !

[PhiLho]

Good idea. In the past, I had found a freeware locking the Windows key using a hook DLL, and displaying fancy graphics depending on the key hits.
I also found that Tux Paint is a nice playing field for kids...
That said, I have found (in France) keyboard covers for kids, never bought one though.
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vPhiLho := RegExReplace("Philippe Lhoste", "^(\w{3})\w*\s+\b(\w{3})\w*$", "$1$2")

[badmojo]

great work, bobbo! previously i used Toddler Keys but this is very good and since it's in AHK i can easily adapt it to my needs.. hope you don't mind..

[airjrdn]

Be sure to check out the KidzCD's. I mirror them on my freeware site http://www.MissingBytes.net in the Kids section, but the main site can be found at http://www.kidzcd.com

Mine are 5, 4, 1.5, & 6mo, so I've been where you are now, but the tool you put together will be very useful, thanks for taking the time to do it.