How to disable windows key

[Gibs]

I remember of an option on the early days of the beta to disable the windows key next to left alt.
I can't find this options anymore. Does anyone know how to do this?

The reason I need this is obvious. Pressing windows instead of alt is basically a death sentence.

[76561198067805210]

i think you can try to open task manager and close explorer.exe
then u can open it back up by running this file C:/Windows/explorer.exe

[XH]

My keyboard has a modifier to disable the Windows key :o

[Novogrod]

I use autohotkey to cause my windows key to return a null value.

[Pepiozo]

You can disable windows key forever:

- Click Start, click Run, type regedt32, and then click OK.
- On the Windows menu, click HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE on Local Machine.
- Double-click the System\CurrentControlSet\Control folder, and then click the Keyboard Layout folder.
- On the Edit menu, click Add Value, type in Scancode Map, click REG_BINARY as the Data Type, and then click OK.
- Type 00000000000000000300000000005BE000005CE000000000 in the Data field, and then click OK.
- Close Registry Editor and restart the computer.

[Gibs]

Thanks for the tips guys!

[Kakerminator]

If you're not keen on modifying the registry and only want to disable the Windows key temporarily, I suggest that you try this little app that I wrote:
https://bblanchon.github.io/disable-windows-keys/

It very straightforward: open the app to disable the Windows keys, close it to restore them.

[Ais Wallenstein]

Originally posted by Kakerminator:

If you're not keen on modifying the registry and only want to disable the Windows key temporarily, I suggest that you try this little app that I wrote:
https://bblanchon.github.io/disable-windows-keys/

It very straightforward: open the app to disable the Windows keys, close it to restore them.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Thank you so much for this solution. After 7 years. Unbelievable.

[Atlas]

I just pulled the key off the keyboard. Now I never accidently press the button.