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Title: Disabling keys...
Post by: TeutonicDarkness on April 14, 2009, 10:29:11 pm

Hello,


 I was wondering If anyone knows if it is possible to
Disable The left alt key?


I'm currently using a HotRod SE and it uses  L alt key.
I'm finding that in various games, emulators this
Default bind XP has on this key is a pain in the rear!


Please notice I only mentioned Left Alt....

I need if possible to keep Right alt as this is needed to
exit My Game shell and Start explorer.exe to do
maintainence.



Thanks

Title: Re: Disabling keys...
Post by: gonzo90017 on April 15, 2009, 01:26:13 am

Try this http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/SharpKeys/sharpkeys.html

Title: Re: Disabling keys...
Post by: jasonbar on April 15, 2009, 04:31:43 pm

Cool utility.  Know of one that lets you change keys on the fly?

That is, if I launch a game w/ a command line or bat file, can I remap a key on the fly, play my game, and then remap a key back to how it was?  Now *that* would be handy for running all the simple PC games that are somewhat cab friendly but don't provide key remapping functionality!

Thanks,
-Jason

Title: Re: Disabling keys...
Post by: TeutonicDarkness on April 15, 2009, 08:34:09 pm

 

 Yes What he said..

At least for those of us that don't have fancy encoders to
do the work for you... ;)

 I was already looking at other key remapping tools....
though I did not want to actually be force to permanently change
the keys if I can avoid it!

I really just need to get rid of any locks windows XP has on these
keys!


I have most of my emulators set up nicely and they use the Left Alt
keys; so changing it permanently would make me have to remap
a ton of emulators...  :(


Most emulators are fine its just the ones that dont lock
out the Windows XP keys that are troublesome.

PSX emulator is the #1 culprit but a few others as well.