If you accidentally turn it on often key CapsLock on your keyboard and you want to get rid of it, there is a way without using third-party programs.
If you are wondering why turn off the key Caps Lock, there are some logical reasons. First, many users find its position annoying, next to the much-used A key, and several times they press Caps Lock instead of A. Second, because turning it off won't stop you from capitalizing, since you can use the Shift key for that. And third, simply because you can!!
Before we tell you how to turn off the CapsLock key, it is important to note that Windows 10 they don't offer a simple method to disable it. For this task you will need to manually edit the Registry.
Step 1: For better or worse, make a copy of the Registry first, with the instructions in this article.
Step 2: Open the Registry Editor. To do this, press Win + R at the same time and in the "Run" window that appears, type Regedit and press the OK button.
Step 3: In the Registry Editor, go to the following key:
Computer \ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Keyboard Layout
Step 4: With the left pane being the Keyboard Layout go to the right pane and there right click on an empty space, click on choice "Create”And then click“Binary value“. Name the new binary value as ScanCode Map .
Step 5: Finally, double-click ScanCode Map to change its default binary value. Add the following binary value to disable the CapsLock key.
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 3 00 00 00 00 00 XNUMX XNUMX XNUMX
Click OK to save.
Step 6: Close the Regedit program and restart it once computer to apply the change.
From now on, Windows will not re-enable Caps Lock as long as you press the Caps Lock key. However, you can write uppercase by pressing the Shift key.
To reactivate the Caps Lock key and restore Windows to its former state, do the following:
Step 1: In the Registry Editor, go to the following key:
Computer \ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ CurrentControlSet \ Control \ Keyboard Layout
Step 2: Right click on the ScanCode Map binary and delete it.
Step 3: Quit Regedit and restart your computer.