gnowor Posted February 18, 2004 Report Posted February 18, 2004 I'm gonna feel really dumb if I'm the only one here who's ever crashed the game by accidentally hitting the windows key when aiming for alt. So I'll post how I fixed it. Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 216893 First off, little disclaimer. Don't mess around in the registry unless you know what you're doing. Bad things can happen, i.e. having to re-install Windows. Couple of revisions to the article to make it accurate for Windows XP (Pro). Revision to points 4-5 in article 4. On the Edit menu, click New>Binary Value. Name the Value Scancode Map. 5. Right-click the value Scancode Map and click Modify, and type in the following. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 5B E0 00 00 5C E0 00 00 00 00 Note: Do not use spaces or returns, just type in character by character. Spaces and returns added for readability. 5. (cont.) Click OK. This will disable the Windows key completely in Windows. If you really do need to use it, you can use the key combination Ctrl-Esc. Hope this helps. -Gnowor
Cougar_DK Posted February 18, 2004 Report Posted February 18, 2004 Great thanx. I has the same "problem".
Supreme Cmdr Posted February 18, 2004 Report Posted February 18, 2004 I should just disable that key in code while in the game.
Grizzle Posted February 18, 2004 Report Posted February 18, 2004 Ha..my windows key has been permanently disabled since BCMG. Nothing worse that hitting it at the wrong time and it only takes that to happen once before you go do what gnowor has posted.
Cougar_DK Posted February 19, 2004 Report Posted February 19, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Supreme Cmdr: I should just disable that key in code while in the game. That would be great SC.
Kalshion Posted February 19, 2004 Report Posted February 19, 2004 quote:Originally posted by gnowor: I'm gonna feel really dumb if I'm the only one here who's ever crashed the game by accidentally hitting the windows key when aiming for alt. So I'll post how I fixed it. Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 216893 First off, little disclaimer. Don't mess around in the registry unless you know what you're doing. Bad things can happen, i.e. having to re-install Windows. Couple of revisions to the article to make it accurate for Windows XP (Pro). Revision to points 4-5 in article 4. On the Edit menu, click New>Binary Value. Name the Value Scancode Map. 5. Right-click the value Scancode Map and click Modify, and type in the following. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 5B E0 00 00 5C E0 00 00 00 00 Note: Do not use spaces or returns, just type in character by character. Spaces and returns added for readability. 5. (cont.) Click OK. This will disable the Windows key completely in Windows. If you really do need to use it, you can use the key combination Ctrl-Esc. Hope this helps. -Gnowor Why go through all that trouble when all you could do is try the low tech approuch? Just take the damn key out of your keyboard It is possible, trust me, thats why I no longer have my two windows keys anymore cause I removed them
TopSpeed Posted February 19, 2004 Report Posted February 19, 2004 So you don't feel stupid. Me too, and thanks!
Bobcat Posted February 19, 2004 Report Posted February 19, 2004 Nothing worse in the middle of a heated battle. Really would be cool if the key could be disabled in game.
gnowor Posted February 19, 2004 Author Report Posted February 19, 2004 If you could do that SC, would be awesome. That and just any key-combo that would take you out of the game (I had the Alt-Tab key problem in I believe BCM when i was using afterburners, or something like that. Been awhile since BCM for me). -Gnowor
Antares Posted February 23, 2004 Report Posted February 23, 2004 I lost 2 hours of game time last night cuz I accidentally hit the windows key while trying to hit ALT-G. I screamed, shut down the computer and went to bed. I'll just have to redo it again tonight
Supreme Cmdr Posted February 23, 2004 Report Posted February 23, 2004 Just think; you could just have read the first post in this thread.
ProXimity Posted March 16, 2004 Report Posted March 16, 2004 BWHAHA!! I love it! You can create a .BAT file to run UC. In the .BAT, you can disable several no-no keys w/ an application called.... err... I will have to look it up again, but when UC closes, the keys will be re-enabled. SC, I thought there was a way to lock the App from win GUI functions via the DirectX libraries? The libraries I have are from DX5, don't see the function there. ProX
gnowor Posted March 19, 2004 Author Report Posted March 19, 2004 I know about the shortcut trick prox, but whenever I get a new game, I always forget to update the shortcut. So I figure fix the problem once and for all. -Gnowor
Phreddo Posted March 29, 2004 Report Posted March 29, 2004 Why go to all the trouble of hacking the registry or destroying your keyboard? Why not make it so that you can alt-tab the program?
Papi Posted September 26, 2004 Report Posted September 26, 2004 ...or if you have WIN XP just go to control panel keyboard key settings and disable your left win key.
dsofttech Posted September 26, 2004 Report Posted September 26, 2004 Oooh Papi!!, this really works. Many thanks.
Marvin Posted September 27, 2004 Report Posted September 27, 2004 Papi, You win with that one. Now where did you put those chili nuts? Edit: Another method, for those who fail to set your keyboard options, works most of the time ... it's a good last-ditch effort, anyway. Try this: When you hit the Windows key, the game reverts to an icon on your task bar. Before you do anything else, find a blank spot on your desktop then do the following ... [*]Left click on the icon ... your screen should go blank (black). [*]In the blind, move your cursor toward that blank spot on desktop ... in any case, move it far enough so it's off the menu bar. You won't be able to actually see the cursor so just guess. [*]Rapidly click the left mouse button ... keep doing it until the game comes back on screen. [*]If, after the game comes back, part of the graphics are missing, go to a different screen (e.g. TacOps, rear view, etc.) then back to the bridge view. It usually (70% of the time) works for me. P.S. It should also work with programs running on other operating systems ... for instance, if you have BCMG installed on Win98. [ 09-26-2004, 09:17 PM: Message edited by: Marvin ]
Papi Posted September 28, 2004 Report Posted September 28, 2004 If you couldn't get the option to disable your left winkey, it was my mistake. I have a Microsoft keyboard and it supports the fix I sent. I found a little program called Winkey Killer, if you're interested here's a link. Just unzip the contents to the folder of your choice and run WKeyKill.exe. Running it again ables the Winkey. The program runs behind, so you won't see it start or stop. You can edit the setup with WKKSetup.exe. Creating the shortcut to the desktop makes it easy to use. Hope this helps.
Ben Zwycky Posted September 28, 2004 Report Posted September 28, 2004 Papi, I get a 404 on that link.
Einhander Posted September 30, 2004 Report Posted September 30, 2004 Heh I just made my own prog in VB.Net that disables my windows key, alt tab and some other keys. (And this is my first post to, so hello every one )
Supreme Cmdr Posted October 21, 2004 Report Posted October 21, 2004 Further comments over in this thread
Viper Posted October 22, 2004 Report Posted October 22, 2004 oh dear god.. I do loathe this key. One time in game I pressed it on accident and quickly reclicked the game at the task bar.. screen came up blank, had sound. I crossed my fingers and screamed at my computer to bring it back.. And it did. Another time I pressed the key.. I was not so lucky. lol.. I do loathe that key
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