Windows 10: Brightness Key Re-assigning [TL;DR at the end]

Using SharpKey (a free piece of software that edits the registry of windows or something to change key input) I changed some of the keys on my external keyboard, which I am planning to use for my laptop. I have been getting rid of some keys I don’t use, for example PGUP, and reassigning it to volume up instead, which I think is more useful for me... So the key assignments I am focusing here is the fact that I have remapped PGUP to volume up, and PGDN to volume down. I want to make it so when I shift or CTRL or Fn, it changes brightness... my PGUP key actually has an extra function, namely “home” (and my PGDN has “end”) however I don’t use those either, I can use those function easily, so I mapped them to brightness up, and down, respectively... however it knows I am pressing the Brightness up key (I have it on my laptop keyboard) which has the Code of: 0xE0B2. Why doesn’t it change the brightness despite my laptop knowing that I pressed that key...

TL;DR: i remapped “home” on my external keyboard to “brightness up” (0xE0B2), it registers as me pressing it, but the brightness stays the same. I’ll answer anything in comments

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