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Pause/Break key is not listed in the From or To key lists.

If you try the "Type Key" option, it thinks you have pressed Num Lock and maps Num Lock instead

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38846347/what-is-the-scancode-of-pause-break-key

It says " You've entered a key that Sharpkey doesn't know about"
Is there an update? I am running win7.

Hello !
This is a brillant software !
However, it doesn't manage to remap the key E0_3F4C.
Is there a way to resolve the problem ?
Thanks !

I have a macbook. A couple of years ago I remapped my keyboard using SharpKeys and replaced mac command keys with alt keys in windows. It was installed in BootCamp. When I upgraded to Windows10 all remapping was gone. I don't see any changes in SharpKeys. I tried to restore my changes but now SharpKeys doesn't recognize my left command-turned-to-alt key at all. My right key is not affected and works as intended. Is there any solution to restore my keyboard to its default settings? I would appreciate any help, I'm not tech savvy enough to solve this issue myself. There are no scancode map entries in the Registry.

Hi Randy,

anything you can do about key combinations with AltGr or ALT+CTRL? I use an english international keyboard on Win10 and want to have umlauts on AltGR+{a,o,u,e,i,A,O,U,E,I,s,e,E}.

TIA
Rik

Hi

Extremely impressed with Sharpkeys.

I have a new HP Elitebook 1030 G2 and have problems with the END key and its position. Unfortunately, the HP needs a function key with right arrow to produce END :-/

I have two keys on the function row I would like to map to replicate END key. The icon displays a phone answer and phone hang-up. When I map keys by pressing the key (E0_1F65) I receive a message "You've entered a key that SharpKeys dosn't know about."

Is there a way to map this code (E0_1F65) to END?

Thanks for your help.

Thomas

Has anyone been able to remap the control to command on an Apple Keyboard on a VPS?

I am not having any luck doing this.

I want to swap these keys but neither are listed in SahrpKeys 3.5. Can it be done?

There are several different Korean keyboards out there. The one I have is 103 or 106, I think? Anyway it has a key for typing Chinese characters. SharpKeys says it's E0_40F1, and "SharpKeys doesn't know about" it. Is there any way to add this key to the table so that I can remap it?

Otherwise, I love SharpKeys. Way simpler and easier than the other utilities I tried for this purpose.

I'm new to most of this keyboard business, but if I can provide any helpful info, I will do my best.

Attached a picture of the keyboard with the key highlighted.

Is this possible for a single keyboard on a 2 keyboard computer? For example, I have a normal keyboard that I don’t want to remap and a small USB numberpad keyboard that I want to customize for a special purpose, remapping the keys only on that keyboard.

The message box does not currently state support for Windows 8 and 10? Would it be appropriate to change at this point? Also, should Windows versions that are no longer supported be dropped?

I can't seem to find the Windows key in the "To" column. Am I short on coffee or is there something else I need to understand. It worked before Microsoft shoved the Creators Edition onto my machine.... Try to go back to remap and can't find that Winders key. Ideas?

Hey there, I don't know if I am in the right spot, but I am trying to remap my FN key to function as a CTRL key. I was hoping to be able to just switch the two but I saw that Sharpkeys doesn't really "swap" so I am just fine with changing the FN key. I went to set it up and I tried the "type key" option... pressed my FN key and nothing happened. So I selected "Special (Wake or FN) (E0_63) Since that was the closest match. And in the second column the "press key" option worked for my left CTRL so I set it, pressed Write to Registry, restarted, but the FN key wasn't affected. Let me know what I am doing wrong? Thank you

@randyrants

Win 10 - Dell inspiron 7000 - Dell laptops often don't have an 'Application Key' (Near Right Ctrl Key). However the key is accessible as standard on many Dell laptops via Fn+RightCtrlKey

As a heavy keyboard user I assumed Sharpkeys would be ideal to use on my (new) laptop to change the RightCtrlKey (E0_1D) to the 'Special: Application' Key (E0_5D)

This didn't work, and I now have no Application key whatsoever (not even Fn+RightCtrl)

I deleted the mapping in SharpKeys as suggested but to no avail.

I then tried creating a reverse mapping E0_5D to E0_1D - Nothing

My RightCtrl works, my Fn works (thank god)

Fn+RightCtrl = Nothing (No Application Key)

I don't understand why SK failed the original mapping and wont undo the damage when the mapping is removed / deleted with SK (ie: permanently disabled Application Key via Fn)

This must be a bug I assume?

Many thanks for any advice helping me get on of my favorite keys back!

Hi
i have Apple Keyboard connected to my Microsoft Surface Pro 3 , and there two issues:

• when I try to add new remap, and press LEFT ALT - on my oryginal surfce keyboard nothing shows up it dosen't recognise the event
• when I try to remap the mac keyboard, and change: right option (alt), it recognise it as: E0_2038 but I get info that sharpkeys, don't know that key, and can't remap to any other :/

Will this need to be updated to work with Windows 10?

I love your tool. I have a feature request - when my laptop is undocked and I'm using the built-in keyboard, I prefer one set of mappings, and when docked on a "real" keyboard I prefer an unmodified keyboard.

My feature request could be one of a few things:

1. Provide the ability to save and load keymappings to files, so different configurations can be used.
2. Provide ability to "disable" sharpkeys so that stored mappings are not in effect, until Sharpkeys is re-enabled.

I'd prefer option 1, but if option 2 were easier to implement, that would also solve my need! Thanks for considering this, and write back if you want any clarification on the idea.

I was VERY happy to find this software years ago. Thanks!
I've noticed lately though, that the number pad cannot be accessed. I only get shifts in cell location in Excel, and I cannot enter numbers. I've hit Clear a thousand times. No numbers. I remapped F15 to be the num lock. Still, no numbers. I ordered a new Mac extended keyboard. No numbers. I even tried to map the numbers to the numbers, but no numbers... I'm using Windows 7. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Hi & ty for creating this piece of software!

I'm preparing my computer to show a Google Chrome in kiosk mode, so i need to block almost any key that its not in A-Ba-b.
As SharpKeys doesn't allow multiple selection, it forces me to click one by one key to set them to do nothing.
¿Couldn't it be possible to select multiple keys (not combo)?

Second question is:
O.S: Win 10
Keyboard layout: QWERTY - spanish
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/KB_Spanish.svg/420px-KB_Spanish.svg.png)
When i press some keys like Left Win, or any Alt, SharpKeys says that he doesn't know about that key (but it is able to detect it). In what matters that is not listed in Key Mapping if it is able to recognize it anyway?
¿Couldn't that be possible to just list it as "Unknown"? In Key Mapping there is already a big amount of "Unknown" keys :S

Hi, I just downloaded SharpKeys (Windows 10) by clicking "clone or download" and then choosing "download zip". I then extracted the directory but there doesn't seem to be an executable installer or setup file in there. If I try opening "app.config" or "Sharpkeys.exe.manifest" I just get a windows message asking me what app I would like to use to open this type of file extension. Sorry - not very technically gifted. What am I missing? Thanks.

As a user I would love it if I could just download a single .exe file that would not require installation.

THIS COMMENT WAS ORIGINALLY EXPRESSED BADLY!
I am trying to map the key on my keyboard that types < and > to Special:Left Windows (E0_5B. But when I try to add it to the left column, I get either ,< or .> - but NOT <>

Example:

I understand that the first remapping shown above is not what I want (the second works fine) - in fact messes me up. But I can't find Key:<> in the left column. Can someone help? Is it one of the "Unknown:" keys? Do I need to figure out about Dip switches on my (OmniKey/Ultra) keyboard first? The key reliably types < and > - I used it to type this. Thanks in advance.

(The second remapping, of the stand-alone * key, works just fine.)

New Lenovo laptop with Windows 10.
Remapped up arrow to right shift, rebooted, worked fine.
Next day, booted up and remapping had reverted to original (up arrow is up arrow).

This is the best remaper I've tested, still there are some issues.
I've spent some time testing and I've finally got the mapping I wanted, but not easily at all !
I've got a HP Elitebook 1030 G2 with W10 x64 up-to-date.
The problem with that laptop is that they replaced the media keys to "skype" keys that I don't need at all.
So I just wanted to remap theses specials keys to media keys (play/pause, next, etc...)
But Sharpkey (and other software) doesn't detect the right keys and won't let me remap them.

Here is an array resuming my testings

For 3 keys, there is a pattern :

• The last 2 bits of SharpKey detected key
• The first 2 bits of CheckScanCode detected key
• The last 2 bits of Sharpkey working key

But the strange thing is that for one key this pattern doesn't work completly...

I don't know if this helps but as I spent a lot of time, I wanted to share.

Have a nice day.

I want to swap " with ', PtrSrc with (, Shift+PtrSrc with ).
Is that possible? Is it a limitation?

On my Windows Surface Book, the Play/Pause, Mute, Volume Up, and Volume Down are all unrecognized (00_100).

Is there a way to add compatibility for these?

I've had SharpKeys working forever to disable the hated CapsLock key, but it just stopped working. When I try to re-disable it, I get an error "Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click.... Access to the registry key 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout' is denied."

I tried clicking Continue, which just gave me an hourglass. And I tried rebooting.

Clues? Suggestions?

After I upgraded to Win10 Creators edition my keymap was wiped out. I remapped the 3 keys again, and rebooted. The mapped keys were reversed. For example, when I selected the [enter] key as the 'from' key ( by using the type key method .. key was correctly identified ) and the [backslash] key as the 'to' key, after the reboot, pressing the [enter] key resulted in a [backslash] being typed.

I cleared the maps, rebooted, then started again. This time I transposed 'from' and 'to', rebooted, and all is working as expected.

Wonderful little sanity saving utility, btw, so thank you!

I've a Windows 2-n-1 laptop & keyboard dock. Lacking an ESC key (besides Function keys), I went to learn what Fn+Search (magnifying glass) [ 00_100 ] and received the error (like those with foreign layouts): "You've entered a key that SharpKeys doesn't know about"

Would it be possibly for include the feature allowing folks to enter the key hex codes for such situations?
Thank you for reviewing this request. Cheers.

Surface book does something screwy with function keys.

By default, F5 is volume down.

To get F5, you have to hit the function lock key then hit F5/volume down.

Using SharpKeys I tried to map volume down (picking from list) to F5 so the keyboard F5/volume down always sends F5. This did not work.

Using the typekey option, SharpKey reports key 00_100 is unknown and to check for an update.

BTW, thanks overall. I did get some other issues working with Sharpkey. Awesome!

In the Swedish/Finnish keyboard, there is AltGr in place of RightAlt, SharpKeys doesn't recognize it (E0_2038).

I'm trying to rebind my mute, volume up and volume down buttons on my Ducky Zero (DK2108SZ) to play/pause, next and previous, but sharpkeys says it doesn't recognise the key typed. This also happens with the calculator button, and manually binding the vol up/down/mute to the specified keys also does not work.
Happy to provide more information or test debug builds etc.
Using version 3.5.

Would it be possible to add the £ symbol to the standard mappings available?

(I have a US laptop keyboard with no NumPad.)

I am trying to map the key on my keyboard that types < and > to Special:Left Windows (E0_5B. But when I try to add it to the left column, I get either ,< or .> - but NOT <>

Example:

I understand that the first remapping shown above is not what I want (the second works fine) - in fact messes me up. But I can't find Key:<> in the left column. Can someone help? Is it one of the "Unknown:" keys? Do I need to figure out about Dip switches on my (OmniKey/Ultra) keyboard first? The key reliably types < and > - I used it to type this. Thanks in advance.

(The second remapping, of the stand-alone * key, works just fine.)

I am trying to map some function keys on my Apple keyboard (F16, F17, F18) to power, sleep, wake respectively as shown in the screenshot below. For reference, I mapped F19 to open Explorer.

After rebooting, only the F19 does what it should (opens file explorer), the other power-related keys do not shutdown my computer in any way.

Is this a known issue?

I'm trying to disable volume and mute controls on my keyboard, on a lenova B40-30 running Windows 10. But those keys are not known by sharpkeys...

Key (00_100)

Is there a way to make it work under windows 10 please?

My laptop's keyboard is broken so some letters don't work, for example, the "F" key didn't work so I re-mapped it to CAPS LOCK, and it works perfectly on Chrome and in some keyboard testers, but when I open some games or even Microsoft Word it doesn't seem to be working

I have Windows 10, and just want my media button to play Winamp instead of their "Groove Music" (it's worse that WMP...).
Anyway this is what I get when I unzip the file, and none of them are executables for me... the "manifest" file is "SharpKey.exe.MANIFEST" I've never really come across that before.
I read it IS compatible with Windows 10 correct? What am I doing wrong? Is there any more information you guys need?
Any help is appreciated.

00_100 is reported by Sharpkeys for all the special keys on my Logitech keyboard - web home and various multimedia controls. Cann't map that number in any case - SharpKeys does not know about it.

Great program though.

On my very first run, I pressed type key and typed "€", it said that I entered a key that it doesn't recognize. On subsequent runs, it failed to detect "€" or "$". I'm having a problem with these keys and want to disable them completely.

Hi all. I have hp x360 and volume up button stuck it i disable volume up button
which is code E0_30, because i can't map E0_4030. After disabling E0_30 now code in type is E0_3F00.

I just want to get explain but i found it based on https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms646280%28v=vs.85%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Because key is stucked in windows message is set bit 30 that key was pressed previously.

So probably it will be good put it note that if its message code E0_40xx you need to disable E0_xx key.
Or if its code E0_39xx that you need to disable 00_xx. Probably this explain issue #39

I have a Bluetooth media remote and the arrow keys, Enter and Escape work fine in Sharpkeys - They appear when I press "Type" and can be remapped.

The volume up, down, play, next+prev tracks buttons, though, give a (00_100) and a "You've entered a key that Sharpkeys doesn't know about" error. I've tried selecting them under Media:* but it doesn't seem to have any effect - their old function still happens when they're pressed

Hello,

I have got the BT-Keybord EE BT550 from Samsung and want to use it with WIN10.
Unfortunatily the keybord does not have a esc-key. Other than that it is very good!

Sharpkeys does not support its keys.

When I press the top-left key, that I want to become my ESC, Sharpkeys reads (00_100), but then tells me, that this key is not supported.

Any chances, that you might include these keys?

Love SharpKeys!

Minor niggle: the bottom right corner of the UI has a link to the defunct Codeplex URL instead of the current GitHub URL.

Thanks!

Only about half of the num pad is remappable p:

I can't get the key scan code that I want because it keeps getting overwritten. I have this* bluetooth game controller that I want to use to simulate some keyboard buttons. The problem is that it seems to constantly output the code E0_3F6A so when I press another button (or keyboard key) it flashes only very quickly before returning to E0_3F6A. By recording my screen I've determined the codes for the four buttons: E0_3F65, E0_3F64, E0_3F76, E0_3F6E but I don't know how to use this information with SharpKeys since it relies on not getting another scan code before you hit OK. I'm using Windows 10.

Video: https://youtu.be/Wb6MZbgIEuQ

*https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100-New-Arrival-Wireless-Bluetooth-Game-Controller-Gamepad-Joystick-for-Android-iOS-Smart-Phone-Smartphone-Hot/32270082587.html

I'm really anal about installing on my dev box. So, I hope you don't mind a pre-install question.

Will this solve the issue of keys from the Apple keyboards not following the same 104 key layout? For example, the Apple keyboard has the following keys above the arrow keys:
**<FN>** <HOME> <PG UP>
<DEL> <END> <PG DOWN>
... when they should be...
**<INSERT>**<HOME> <PG UP>
<DEL> <END> <PG DOWN>
Thanks, in advance.

Hi

I just tried mapping both left/right CTRL to the Right Click Key on my Type cover.

so CTRL: 00_1D funtionality I want to replace E0_5D

I used the "type key" function for both (well not the right ctrl since I don't have that key so I just selected it in the menu)

After clicking OK I selected "write to registry" and rebooted.

But it's not accepted the change :-(

Any thoughts?

I purchased a Lenovo 910 and found the shift key to be too far to the right. Wanted to remap. Found this blog on the internet:

II. Right Shift Key - an incredible poor design by Lenovo. Hopefully the engineers are reading the forums.

I tried to retrain myself to use this poor keys placement design, but jumping back & forth between my work station and Yoga, it was impossible. My already slow typing slowed to crawl. I was ready to throw the Yoga in the trash. But a big thanks to forum members PaulProe and 90c4 who saved my Yoga's life.

I remapped:
Right shift to Page Up
Page Up to Right Shift
Page Down to Right Direction
Right Direction to Page Down

Download and run http://sharpkeys.codeplex.com/

But intro to sharpkeys states that you cannot swap keys, which is what seems to have been done here. Can sharpkeys be used to make the changes described above? Thanks