Windows 10: Need help disabling F1 thru F12 keys to regular f1 to f12 instead of volume up or...

Please Help I have tried everything including gpedit.msc

but i just want to use F1-F12 keys for gaming, but its only works when i press fn key I cannot maintain playing video game and press fn key everytime.

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F1-F12 keys

Hi, I recently had to reset my Toshiba Satellite and now when I use any of the F1-F12 keys if I want to adjust the volume or play/pause ect, I have to hold down the FN key, when before I only had to do this when I was going to use the F keys and the voume
and all those keys wored without the FN key, any idea why they switched around?

 

How to Disable Mediabuttons and use the regular F1-F12 keys

Heey everyone!

I have been struggling to use my F1-F12 keys as the buttons were set to default on mediasettings.

This meant that in my case, F1 would mute/unmute, F2 would lower the volume etc.

Now I like to play some games in which the F1-F12 keys are very important so of course this stressed me out. Especially since I could not find a solution. I tried several, SHIFT + FN, FN + ESC. FN + CAPSLOCK and they all didn't work.

I saw some threads that said I could change it in the BIOS. Guess what?! I had a different BIOS in which it didn't work! After chatting with HP tech-care it came to the conclusion I had to buy a new keyboard myself which, of course, I didn't like after spending
over €1000,- on a pc + monitor. So I ventured in the darkest corners of the internet (no just kidding, just googled and googled and googled).

AND I FOUND A SOLUTION! So if you have experienced the problem and tried all options mentioned above without success, LOOK NO FURTHER!

Ill go to this in a step-by-step solution:

1. Google AutoHotKey and download the software (might look sketchy but I dont see any problem with the software).

2. Install it

3. Go to your desktop and right-click -> new -> AutoHotKey Script (give it a name, make sure the name ends in ".ahk")

4. Right click the icon on your desktop and click "Edit script"

5. Use the following script (just copy paste it to start with)

; F1 key by default, Fn+F1 is now Play/Pause

MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE::F1

F1::MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE

; F2 key by default, Fn+F2 is now Mute/Unmute

VOLUME_MUTE::F2

F2::VOLUME_MUTE

; F3 key by default, Fn+F3 is now Volume Down

VOLUME_DOWN::F3

F3::VOLUME_DOWN

; F4 key by default, Fn+F4 is now Volume Up

VOLUME_UP::F4

F4::VOLUME_UP

; F5 key by default, Fn+F5 is now Media Prev

Media_Prev::F5

F5::Media_Prev

6. I only needed these 5 keys so I stopped there. NOTE: these are my settings on my keyboard, you will have to link it to the media button, so this only works if your F1-F5 were attributed this way, if mute and volume down are switched for example, make
sure this is switched in the script as well. Below is a list with the possible media buttons that are assigned to your F1-F12 keys.

[table][tr][td]Browser_Back[/td][td]Back[/td][/tr][tr][td]Browser_Forward[/td][td]Forward[/td][/tr][tr][td]Browser_Refresh[/td][td]Refresh[/td][/tr][tr][td]Browser_Stop[/td][td]Stop[/td][/tr][tr][td]Browser_Search[/td][td]Search[/td][/tr][tr][td]Browser_Favorites[/td][td]Favorites[/td][/tr][tr][td]Browser_Home[/td][td]Homepage[/td][/tr][tr][td]Volume_Mute[/td][td]Mute the volume[/td][/tr][tr][td]Volume_Down[/td][td]Lower the volume[/td][/tr][tr][td]Volume_Up[/td][td]Increase the volume[/td][/tr][tr][td]Media_Next[/td][td]Next Track[/td][/tr][tr][td]Media_Prev[/td][td]Previous Track[/td][/tr][tr][td]Media_Stop[/td][td]Stop[/td][/tr][tr][td]Media_Play_Pause[/td][td]Play/Pause[/td][/tr][tr][td]Launch_Mail[/td][td]Launch default e-mail program[/td][/tr][tr][td]Launch_Media[/td][td]Launch default media player[/td][/tr][tr][td]Launch_App1[/td][td]Launch My Computer[/td][/tr][tr][td]Launch_App2[/td][td]Launch Calculator[/td][/tr][/table]

7. Save the file (just press "save" , not "save as") and close it.

8. Double click the icon on your desktop.

9. PROFIT! You can now use your regular F1-FXX buttons, however you mapped them!

I hope it helped you and that you found this solution without raising your bloodpressure in anger

Cheers!

 

How To Disable Fn key for F1-F12?

Dear Microsoft,

I just brought the Designer Bluetooth Keyboard . And i using Window 10. Is there any way i can disable the FN key for F1-F12? Its very troublesome for me to keep on using the Fn key. Where i use to normal keyboard.

Jeffrey Ng