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Old February 3rd 08, 07:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Pendant
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Default How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer?

I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

I don't ever want to use it.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever I've
been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.

How can I do this?

I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this (it even
took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W shortcut!).

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

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Old February 3rd 08, 07:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Shenan Stanley
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Default How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer?

Pendant wrote:
I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

I don't ever want to use it.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.

How can I do this?

I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
(it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
shortcut!).

Thanks in advance for any ideas.


How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?

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Old February 3rd 08, 07:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Pendant wrote:
I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

I don't ever want to use it.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever I've
been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.

How can I do this?

I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this (it even
took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W shortcut!).

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

  #4  
Old February 3rd 08, 07:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Pendant
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Default How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer?



"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

Pendant wrote:
I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

I don't ever want to use it.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.

How can I do this?

I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
(it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
shortcut!).

Thanks in advance for any ideas.


How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?


You can certainly ask, although I'm only partially puzzled as to why you do
- I can only assume that you believe that this is unlikely.

It's not only not unlikely, it's actually quite a distinct possibility, if
you're using the Dvorak keyboard layout: CTRL+W is right next to CTRL+V.

Hence my desire to disable this potentially destructive shortcut.

  #5  
Old February 3rd 08, 07:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Shenan Stanley
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Default How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer?

Pendant wrote:
I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

I don't ever want to use it.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.

How can I do this?

I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
(it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
shortcut!).


Looking around - I have found an inordinate number of references to the
CTRL+W One google search for it will bring up MANY hits) - but disabling
it...

List of the shortcuts in Windows XP/etc:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...dc5661033.mspx

I found how to disable all of the new "EXTRA" shortcut keys in Vista:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/

Maybe someone else will come up with something.

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  #6  
Old February 3rd 08, 07:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Shenan Stanley
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Default How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer?

Pendant wrote:
I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

I don't ever want to use it.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.

How can I do this?

I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
(it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
shortcut!).

Thanks in advance for any ideas.


Shenan Stanley wrote:
How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?


Pendant wrote:
You can certainly ask, although I'm only partially puzzled as to
why you do - I can only assume that you believe that this is
unlikely.

It's not only not unlikely, it's actually quite a distinct
possibility, if you're using the Dvorak keyboard layout: CTRL+W is
right next to CTRL+V.

Hence my desire to disable this potentially destructive shortcut.


The Dvorak layout usage is uncommon - at least in my experience. It may
well be different where you are located or by preference but yes - you have
pinpointed my confusion.

QWERTY layout causes it to be less often an accidental press, as CTRL+Q and
CTRL+E aren't really used all that much I would presume. ;-)

Thank you for indulging my curiosity and broadening my thought processes on
the matter.

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Old February 3rd 08, 07:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer?

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:15:34 -0600 from Shenan Stanley
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Pendant wrote:
I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.


How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?


Isn't it obvious? "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
get rid of it. Whoops! the focus was somewhere other than I thought,
so I got rid of a window I want to keep instead of one I wanted to
get rid of."

And there's also "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
get rid of it. Whoops! I just realized I still needed that window
after all."

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been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/
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Old February 3rd 08, 07:48 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Stan Brown
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Default How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer?

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:36:20 -0600 from Shenan Stanley
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QWERTY layout causes it to be less often an accidental press, as
CTRL+Q and CTRL+E aren't really used all that much I would presume.


Two types of accidents (or more): (1) pressing a key you didn't mean
to press, and (2) pressing a key you *did* mean to press, but making
a mistake about the desired action.

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been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/
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Old February 3rd 08, 07:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Shenan Stanley
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Default How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer?

Pendant wrote:
I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

I don't ever want to use it.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.

How can I do this?

I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
(it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
shortcut!).

Thanks in advance for any ideas.


Shenan Stanley wrote:
How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?


Stan Brown wrote:
Isn't it obvious? "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
get rid of it. Whoops! the focus was somewhere other than I
thought, so I got rid of a window I want to keep instead of one I
wanted to get rid of."

And there's also "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
get rid of it. Whoops! I just realized I still needed that window
after all."


If you read the answer given by the OP to my query - I think you will find
that is not the case.

Here it is...
Pendant wrote:
You can certainly ask, although I'm only partially puzzled as to
why you do - I can only assume that you believe that this is
unlikely.

It's not only not unlikely, it's actually quite a distinct
possibility, if you're using the Dvorak keyboard layout: CTRL+W is
right next to CTRL+V.

Hence my desire to disable this potentially destructive shortcut.


Even peaked my interest in trying a few new keyboards. hah

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Old February 4th 08, 01:37 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer?

I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

I don't ever want to use it.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.

How can I do this?

I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
(it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
shortcut!).

Thanks in advance for any ideas.


Spend the time you're using to persue this little detail instead for
improving your typing accuracy and you'll find yourself miles ahead of
the game. You're in for a long and bumpy ride if something that simple
bothers you that much, that often, etc. etc..
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Old February 4th 08, 03:59 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Stan Brown
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Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:56:40 -0600 from Shenan Stanley
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Shenan Stanley wrote:
How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?


Stan Brown wrote:
Isn't it obvious? "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
get rid of it. Whoops! the focus was somewhere other than I
thought, so I got rid of a window I want to keep instead of one I
wanted to get rid of."

And there's also "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
get rid of it. Whoops! I just realized I still needed that window
after all."


If you read the answer given by the OP to my query - I think you will find
that is not the case.


I was answering for myself, not for someone else. Those are the
principal ways *I* hit Ctrl-W by mistake.

I guess it wasn't obvious, though. :-)

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http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/
  #12  
Old February 4th 08, 03:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Pendant
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Default How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer?

Having raised the issue for other reasons, Stan has highlighted that my query
also has other relevance.

A user interface should not have a feature such as this that is potentially
destructive, with no recovery.

Or at the very least if it is included, it should be possible to disable it.

"Stan Brown" wrote:

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:56:40 -0600 from Shenan Stanley
:
Shenan Stanley wrote:
How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?


Stan Brown wrote:
Isn't it obvious? "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
get rid of it. Whoops! the focus was somewhere other than I
thought, so I got rid of a window I want to keep instead of one I
wanted to get rid of."

And there's also "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
get rid of it. Whoops! I just realized I still needed that window
after all."


If you read the answer given by the OP to my query - I think you will find
that is not the case.


I was answering for myself, not for someone else. Those are the
principal ways *I* hit Ctrl-W by mistake.

I guess it wasn't obvious, though. :-)

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/

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Old February 4th 08, 03:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Pendant
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"In for a long and bumpy ride"? I've been on it ever since computers were
invented.

This problem situation does not arise very often, it's true.

When it DOES happen, sod's law says that it will be disastrous.

The time taken to 'pursue this little detail' is far less costly than the
time it can take to compose a single time-sensitive email (for instance).

I believe that it makes perfect sense to try to discover a solution to such
a situation; finding one will not only enable me to avoid a needless
irritation, it will also enable me to assist others who are in the same boat.

Thinks: why is it that whenever someone points out that something is flawed,
there are always many people who delight in claiming that it isn't?

"Twayne" wrote:

I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

I don't ever want to use it.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.

How can I do this?

I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
(it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
shortcut!).

Thanks in advance for any ideas.


Spend the time you're using to persue this little detail instead for
improving your typing accuracy and you'll find yourself miles ahead of
the game. You're in for a long and bumpy ride if something that simple
bothers you that much, that often, etc. etc..
--

Regards,

Twayne

OO0 is a GREAT MS Office replacement
www.openoffice.org

Please respond to the newsgroup, not to
my e-mail, so that all may benefit. I do not
always respond to newsgroup e-mails.




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Old February 5th 08, 01:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
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Default How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer?


"Pendant" wrote in message
...
I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

I don't ever want to use it.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever I've
been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.

How can I do this?

I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this (it
even
took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W shortcut!).

Thanks in advance for any ideas.


To actually answer your question...Search for "key mapper" on google. Among
others it will lead you to sharewareconnection.com which lists many (some
reviewed) mappers. One that is listed there that may be what you need is
http://www.easysofts.com.cn/en/, but I can't be positive from the
description, however you can ask them. At least this will point you in the
right direction. Take the usual precautions when downloading and installing
shareware.

I believe that this will allow you to disable CTRL-W on a Windows level (not
just IE), but perhaps that is what you meant by "I don't *ever* want to use
it."


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Old February 5th 08, 03:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Pendant
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"1776" wrote:


"Pendant" wrote in message
...
I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

I don't ever want to use it.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever I've
been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.

How can I do this?

I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this (it
even
took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W shortcut!).

Thanks in advance for any ideas.


To actually answer your question...Search for "key mapper" on google. Among
others it will lead you to sharewareconnection.com which lists many (some
reviewed) mappers. One that is listed there that may be what you need is
http://www.easysofts.com.cn/en/, but I can't be positive from the
description, however you can ask them. At least this will point you in the
right direction. Take the usual precautions when downloading and installing
shareware.

I believe that this will allow you to disable CTRL-W on a Windows level (not
just IE), but perhaps that is what you meant by "I don't *ever* want to use
it."


Many thanks for the suggestion. I'm aware that there are keyboard layout
configuration tools - Microsoft itself offers one, although I couldn't get
that to work (and I asked on here why not, and got nowhere with that). All
the others I've seen so far require the purchase of the tool (to access
mappings such as this) as well as time to learn a new tool for a single
purpose.

If that is the only answer, it's a pity; a lot of effort to cure a trivial
annoyance that arguably shouldn't be there in the first place.


 




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