Windows 10: Enable or Disable the Caps Lock Key in Windows 10

How to: Enable or Disable the Caps Lock Key in Windows 10

How to Enable or Disable the Caps Lock Key in Windows 10


Information Caps Lock is a button on a keyboard that changes if a letter should be capitalized or not.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable all users being able to toggle on or off the Caps Lock key in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable the Caps Lock key.



Note Users will still be able to press and hold the Shift key and press a letter to capitalize if Caps Lock is disabled.




Here's How:


Note The .reg files below will add and modify the binary value in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout

(Caps Lock key)
Scancode Map binary value

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,3a,00,00,00,00,00 = disable
(delete) = enable


(Caps Lock and Windows keys)
Scancode Map binary value

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,5B,E0,00,00,5C,E0,00,00,3A,00,00,00,00,00 = disable
(delete) = enable



1. Do step 2 (enable), step 3 (disable Caps Lock), or step 4 (disable Caps Lock and Win key) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Enable Caps Lock and Windows Keys
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Enable_Caps_Lock_and_Windows_keys.reg

Download

3. To Disable Only Caps Lock Key
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Disable_Caps_Lock.reg

Download

4. To Disable Caps Lock and Windows keys


Note If you like: How to Enable or Disable the Windows Key in Windows 10


A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 5 below.

Disable_Caps_Lock_and_Windows_keys.reg

Download

5. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

6. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

7. If prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

8. restart the computer to apply.

9. If you like, you can delete the downloaded .reg file.



That's it,
Shawn


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Come back and let everyone know if that got you where you wanted to go...

 

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OT- Num Lock Beep Sound

Hi

Yesterday I was seeing my settings and there i found Toggle Key Option which enables the sound when Caps lock key or Num lock key is pressed, then i enabled it and checked after that i Disabled it again. Today when i pressed num lock key i found that beep
sound is still on and the toggle key is disabled. Caps Lock key not making any sound only Num Lock key is making beep sound. I tried to enable it again and disable but then also it is making that beep sound and I found that number pad is also not working.

If there is any solution for this then please provide me in the comment section.

Thank You...

 

Hello Geoff, *Smile

We had someone post a request for how to do so in the forum, so I wrote a quick tutorial for it.

I suppose if one keeps hitting the Caps Lock key by mistake, that this could be helpful. They could just use the Shift key instead afterwards.

 

Some of us are terrible typists. Thanks for the fix.

 

You're most welcome mlinsey, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

 

I can't understand why people defend "caps lock". A useless key for the vast majority of users (please don't tell me how programmers need it) that is unfortunately prominently placed on most keyboards.

Not needed, wastes time when mistakenly used, and should have been eliminated years ago. Ridiculous you need a registry edit to disable it in Windows.

 

Yep me!!!!*Redface

Note: The original PNGs I found on Bing Images, but artist name wasn't given, I did alot of modifying in GIMP and iconified them myself though.

But....
Shawn you know how I like personalizing dry things like .bat, .vbs, and .reg file, right?

• Well I created a folder for both reg files, and placed it in my Documents folder.
• Then I created shortcuts to the desktop(using "Send to").
• I placed the shortcuts in a folder on the desktop.
• Then I customized the folder icon, and the reg file shortcuts(you cannot change the actual reg files icon, hence the shortcuts).

I did this so that I could run both files as needed from the desktop toolbar.



Caps Lock off icon.ico






Caps Lock on icon.ico

 

Here is the folder icon too:



Caps Switches Folder icon.ico

 

Thank you for this. It is very helpful. However, it's not exactly what I was looking for. When windows 10 starts up it automatically turns on the caps key. I just wanted the key to remain in the off state until I press it. Not to have it disabled forever.