Mapping "Thinkpad" key to "Windows" key?

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CoolDragon · #1 Post by **CoolDragon** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:50 pm

Currently I mapped my left ALT key to the "Windows" key, I am wondering though, if it is possible to map the "Thinkpad" key to the "Windows" key.

Honestly speaking, I don't like the hidden partition stuff at all, I have a DOS boot disk and a ghost image that can recover my Windows XP in 3 minutes. Of course, you can customize the "Thinkpad" key to do this without the boot disk, but after booting into Windows, I prefer to have a "Windows" key.

mattfromomaha · #2 Post by **mattfromomaha** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 2:11 pm

CoolDragon,

As far as I know and have seen, you cannot change the assignment of the ThinkPad key. I think IBM is very proud of the button, because I agree with you that it makes sense to be able to have it do something else.

Leon · #3 Post by **Leon** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 2:21 pm

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=5600

selvan777 · #4 Post by **selvan777** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:07 pm

Mine launches the default screen saver but with the below you can make it a WinKey:

ThinkPad Button Customiser
http://www.schlackman.org/programs/thinkpad.html

CoolDragon · #5 Post by **CoolDragon** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:12 pm

Thanks guys for answering my question. This is a great Thinkpad forum!

By the way, I just don't understand why IBM doesn't put a Windows key on Thinkpad.

selvan777 · #6 Post by **selvan777** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:32 pm

Yah, on mine there's a couple free spots above the left & right arrows.

CoolDragon · #7 Post by **CoolDragon** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:41 pm

This is a joke:

IBM: International Big Mouth
IBM: International Big Mistake

MobileGuru · #8 Post by **MobileGuru** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 6:27 pm

CoolDragon wrote:This is a joke:

IBM: International Big Mouth
IBM: International Big Mistake

G.

Gee · #9 Post by **Gee** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:39 am

Some of the cheaper ThinkPads have a Windows Key.

I agree with IBM's decision to not have the Windows Key. That is admitting that Windows runs the world.

What good is a Windows Key, if you are not using Windows?

MrPike · #10 Post by **MrPike** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:09 pm

Quote from the site that selvan777 posted:

The ThinkPad key only works as a 'hotkey', and can only detect whether it has been pressed, not whether it is being held down, so key combinations cannot be detected.

So you can access the Start-Menu via the Thinkpad key.

No key combination like Win+E will work.

selvan777 · #11 Post by **selvan777** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:17 am

Ctrl+Esc works fine for me but I don't use the above.

Kenn · #12 Post by **Kenn** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:37 pm

Can anybody tell me if the the thinkpad button remapper linked above is a process that must constantly run in the background?

Leon · #13 Post by **Leon** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:49 pm

No, it just does the setting. It is the Thinkpad Hotkey Manager, tphkmgr.exe, that always runs in the background (unless you unload it, in which case NO Hotkey assignments will work).

benplaut · #14 Post by **benplaut** » Sun Mar 27, 2005 5:13 pm

CoolDragon wrote:Thanks guys for answering my question. This is a great Thinkpad forum!

By the way, I just don't understand why IBM doesn't put a Windows key on Thinkpad.

well... i think some of it is because they have to pay a sort of royalty to M$ for every TP they produce... better to just use a 3rd party remapper

i personally like KeyTweak (remapped Insert to Win)

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