On 28 Jul 2018 15:15:42 GMT, Ken Blake wrote:
You can also disable it very easily with the free Sharpkeys at
https://github.com/randyrants/sharpkeys
I appreciate the help, but I did explain why that isn't the goal in the
least in the OP, and in every subsequent post, so it bears repeating that
we need to keep in mind that if the problem were as simple as "disabling"
the Windows key, then any of the URLs in the original post would have
sufficed and I wouldn't have bothered all of you to ask the question.
I don't generally ask a question that has an easy answer.
In general, only people like Paul can answer my questions.
I'm sure I sometimes ask questions that anyone (even Wolf K for heaven's
sake) can answer, if I blitz out and turn my mind off).
But, in general, if I ask a question, then nobody will know the answer
unless they've already solved that exact technical problem.
Disabling the key is NOT and never was the problem.
Finding a third-party screenshot program is also not the problem.
(remember, we already all have Irfanview if that was what we wanted.)
There are only a few ways (I can think of) that will solve the problem.
1. Remap "just" the Windows key to not bring up the Start Menu (ideal)
2. Find some other way to do a default Windows screenshot (acceptable)
3. Give up on Windows & use a 3rd party keyboard snapshot tool (workaround)
Again, I repeat as I have done in every post in this thread, if the problem
were as simple as disabling the Windows key, I wouldn't have asked the
question.
I do appreciate the help - where I think an expert can help - and where I
think the suggestions to use Autohotkey are the next logical step for sure,
to see if it can *selectively* remap the Windows key so as to not bring up
the Start Menu.
If that fails, I'll see if I can map Irfanview to somehow, come up and then
go away and then snap the screenshot and then save it, as I need the
screenshot to save to a file from a single keystroke without the program
already running in the background (everyone would benefit from this
feature, but we all use the Win+PrtScreen key to obtain it)!
