Windows 10: Why does Winkey+r get remapped?

Winkey+r has been my goto key combo to open the run command box. After clean installing the Nov. update (Version 10.0.18363.592) and using multiple desktops, that key combo will change behavior.

The desktop may move to one of my virtual desktops and open the run command box there on winkey+r.

However, it doesn't always happen. For example, this morning I had two additional desktops with Remote Desktop open in the last desktop. All was good with Winkey+r. Then later this morning, now the keycombo is toggling the destkops and opening over there.

At first, I thought ah it is VirtualBox remapping the fucker. But I haven't opened it today. I've had Visual Studio 2019, Word, Lookout, cmd, notepad++, FireFox and Exploder open.

Any tips on how to retain the winkey+r behavior of opening the run command box on the active desktop?

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Remap Winkey and Disable It's Shortcuts

The purpose is for gaming and I want to remap the Winkey to some other key so the Start Menu doesn't pop on when I hit it, and I want to disable Winkey shortcuts like Winkey+e (which opens explorer.exe) while I'm in a game.

This is what I've tried so far:

Remapping doesn't get picked up by the games, Lwin is treated as Lwin but the Start Menu is blocked which is half of what we were aiming for.

But, if I press and hold the Winkey then the e key it opens explorer.exe which is not intended, I wish the p key and e key to have been pressed at this step.

Is there any AHK expert out there that has accomplished this?

I tried blocking the shortcut like this:

But it would only send the p key, it omits the e key.

I also tried using the Send command with Up command like this:

Everything's fixed except the e key does nothing on it's own (pressing it solely does nothing, it only works if LWin is pressed and then e is pressed). Please note that the first issue is also not resolved here which means the LWin key is not remapped to p in the game.

The particular game that I'm testing on these scripts is Minecraft, but I also tested this on CS:GO and the LWin key doesn't get remapped to p, it's still treated as Winkey. This is not the case on Notepad.exe or other non-game programs, LWin: remaps Winkey to p.

 

WinKey + R not always working in Windows 10

When I press WinKey+R to bring up the run-command, it started not working all the time. I don't recall if it's been there since I've installed Windows 10 or appeared after, but I would like it if I didn't have to install it all over again.

I don't use a wireless keyboard.

Tests I've done:

• WinKey+D (or L, A,
  X, K, M, Q) works fine
  all the time, as does the WinKey itself to open the Start Menu.
  
• When I'm in Chrome browser (for example) and I scroll a page, it's
  enough for WinKey+R to be ignored. I have to
  change focus to another window (e.g., to Command Prompt) and only then
  can I press (WinKey+R) twice to open the
  Run dialog. (But it's not consistent when I have to do this – it might
  work first try!)
  
• WinKey+X followed by WinKey+R, for example, doesn't yield any result.
  
• If I click the taskbar (the one that used to contain the 'Start' button) and press WinKey+R, it works!
  

I was thinking that it could be due to some program catching the key-combination, but I can't seem to find any (did scans with S&D, AVG, Ad-Aware).

Any ideas what it might be or how I can debug this?

 

Remapping key FROM REGISTRY

Samuel,

Thanks for the challenge!

Code:

Open an Administrator PowerShell window by right-clicking on Start or pressing WinKey+X and select
[b]Windows PowerShell (Admin)[/b]
Then, copy and paste the following commands into the window. All the lines can be copied &  pasted at once.
Copy up to the final 'e' of "-Force":
$Remap = New-Object -TypeName byte[] -ArgumentList 20

$Remap[8] = 2

$Remap[12] = 0x53

$Remap[13] = 0xe0

$Remap[14] = 0x52

$Remap[15] = 0xe0

$key = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout'

New-ItemProperty -Path $key -Name 'ScanCode Map' -Value $Remap -Force
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Once copied, press <Enter> and the commands will execute:
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Then close all windows and [i][b]Restart.[/b][/i]
Tested and worked on my machine.

Keith