December 10, 2020

Remap Caps Lock Key as Backspace Key

Here's a quick trick that I've been using for a while now to alleviate my wrist pain (which I suppose is an occupational hazard) – remapping the Caps Lock key as the Backspace key so that I don't have to extend my pinky finger too far. It maybe also be more efficient, since it's quicker to press the Caps Lock key than the Backspace key.

I've been using remapkey.exe from Windows Resource Kit 2003 (which still works on Windows 10), but sadly it's no longer available for download from Microsoft.

There are many tools to remap keys on Windows. The recent resurrection of PowerToys now includes Keyboard Manager that allows remapping keys, so that might be a good choice to try.

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