Features - Windows Key

This feature allows you to enable, disable or override the basic Microsoft Windows Key responses.

By disabling the "Windows key" (Microsoft Windows Key) setting in WinMapper, pressing the Microsoft Windows key will not result in display of the Start Menu.

By disabling some of the standard Microsoft Windows shortcuts, you can avoid the tedious error of waiting for 55 Windows Explorer windows to start up because something held down the Microsoft Windows and the "E" key simultaneously. Unlike WinMapper, Microsoft Windows responds to certain hotkeys - the Windows key and D, E, F, M, or R - repeatedly as long as the key is held down. WinMapper will only execute the hotkey once. You can therefore have some benefits by disabling the Microsoft Windows standard hotkeys through WinMapper, and/or overriding the hotkey with your own.

The default Microsoft Windows shortcuts are:

WIN+D Show Desktop
WIN+E Explorer
WIN+F Find Files
WIN+M Minimize all Windows
WIN+R Run

Screenshots - Main window - Defaults

The Defaults Tab contains the settings for controlling the Microsoft Windows Key behavior and their default hotkeys:

Enable Windows Defaults

Minimize All Windows (WIN+M)

Show/Hide desktop (WIN+D)

Show Explorer (WIN+E)

Show Find dialog (WIN+F)

Run (WIN+R)

Windows Key enabled

WinMapper allows you to disable the built-in features of the Microsoft Windows Key, even partially. Change the setting for the feature you wish to keep or disable.