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PowerShell script to permanently swap caps-lock and control by registry hack
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| <# Writes a registry entry to swap caps lock and left control permanently. This affects all users and the login screen, and doesn't | |
| require any other software to run after this (e.g., PowerToys). Requires a reboot after this script is run to take effect. | |
| Courtesy of https://www.mavjs.org/post/swap-ctrl-and-capslock-on-windows/ | |
| #> | |
| $hexified = "00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,1d,00,3a,00,3a,00,1d,00,00,00,00,00".Split(",") | % { "0x$_"}; | |
| $kbLayout = 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout'; | |
| New-ItemProperty -Path $kbLayout -Name "Scancode Map" -PropertyType Binary -Value ([byte[]]$hexified) |
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