Windows 10: How to disable a keyboard shortcut which is restarting my PC?

Discus and support How to disable a keyboard shortcut which is restarting my PC? in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hello! Here's what's happening. I'm using Classic Shell for the classic look of my Start button. When I want to open Paintbrush I press on the Start... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Bellzemos, Jan 27, 2021.

  1. Bellzemos Win User

    How to disable a keyboard shortcut which is restarting my PC?


    Hello!

    Here's what's happening. I'm using Classic Shell for the classic look of my Start button. When I want to open Paintbrush I press on the Start button, then enter pbrush (very quickly) in the Search field and press Enter. Quite often this results in restarting my PC instead of opening up Paintbrush.
    I suspect I do it too fast and instead trigger a keyboard shortcut for rebooting the PC. How could I disable that shortcut? It's very distracting when PC reboots like that and closes all the programs I have opened and whatnot.
    Thanks in advance!

    :)
     
    Bellzemos, Jan 27, 2021
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  2. Disabling laptop keyboard

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

    As per the description. Let me help you in resolving the issue.

    I suggest you follow the steps below and check if that helps:

    • Press Windows + X and select
      Device Manager
      from the list.
    • Find Keyboards in the list of devices and click the arrow to expand it.
    • Right-click on the internal keyboard and click Disable. If there is no Disable option listed, click
      Uninstall.
    • Click File>Exit. Your laptop’s internal keyboard should now be disabled.
    Note: If you had to choose Uninstall instead of Disable in step 4, the keyboard will be automatically detected and re-installed if you ever have the Device Manager scan for new hardware for some reason. If that happens you’ll need to repeat this procedure
    in order to uninstall it again.

    Hope the information helps. Please let us know if the issue persist and we will be happy to assist you further.
     
    Nachappa C K, Jan 27, 2021
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  3. coffent1 Win User
    Disable Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts

    I want to turn off all Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts. Following others' suggestions, I right-clicked on the Desktop and followed the menu through graphics options to hotkeys and chose "Disable". However this hasn't helped. At least some remain. One
    example among many: {WindowsKey + I} still opens Settings. How can I disable this and all other Windows shortcut keys?
     
    coffent1, Jan 27, 2021
    #3
  4. How to disable a keyboard shortcut which is restarting my PC?

    How to create a shortcut for a keyboard shortcut.

    Hi Marcos,

    Welcome to Microsoft Community.

    I understand that you are willing to create Keyboard shortcut on Windows 10. I will certainly help you.

    I suggest you to follow the steps in the below Microsoft article to create
    a keyboard shortcut for an app.

    Create keyboard shortcuts to open desktop apps

    Note: The troubleshooting steps in the above link are meant for windows 8, however, you can use the same for windows 10 as well.

    Refer below article for more information on Keyboard shortcuts.

    Keyboard shortcuts

    Please post back with above information and we will be glad to assist you further.

    Thank you.
     
    Vinodh_Kumar V, Jan 27, 2021
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