Keyboard Remapper 98SE

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I'm playing with a Toshiba 4000CDS laptop with 98SE installed. The
Windows key is a tiny thing in the top right hand corner and in its
place is a Fn key. I want my Windows key back where it 'should be'.

Any recommendations for something to accomplish this and other remap
tasks?
 
I'm playing with a Toshiba 4000CDS laptop with 98SE installed. The
Windows key is a tiny thing in the top right hand corner and in its
place is a Fn key. I want my Windows key back where it 'should be'.

Any recommendations for something to accomplish this and other remap
tasks?
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Lookup the old MS Kernel toys. It has a nice KBO re-mapper. If you can't
find it, I think I have it somewhere.

Bob

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jo said:
I'm playing with a Toshiba 4000CDS laptop with 98SE installed. The
Windows key is a tiny thing in the top right hand corner and in its
place is a Fn key. I want my Windows key back where it 'should be'.

Any recommendations for something to accomplish this and other remap
tasks?
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Bugger.

The Fn key is unremappable. *sob*
 
Might PowerPro do this?
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I guess this will depend on which Fn key you want to bring up the start
button menu. I have just tried this in PowerPro by assigning the command
*Menu/StartMenu to a Fn key. Works ..... sorta. It depends on whether the
Fn key has any other use at the time. I tried with F1, and with any
window that has no predefined use for F1 it works well, showing the
"Windows Start Menu" just as if you had pressed the Win key. (only
difference is that the start menu appears wherever the mouse cursor is,
rather than above the start button). However, if the Fn key has another
use (for example with F1 on desktop = "Windows Help") then the menu
appears, but then quickly disappears when the 'other' use for the key
(Help) takes over.

Using a combination of keys seems to overcome this. I guess that the Alt
key is next to this Fn key you want to remap. So I then set Alt+F1 to
StartMenu and it works flawlessly with every window I tried it in.

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Doc said:
I guess this will depend on which Fn key you want to bring up the start
button menu.
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Nope. This is *the* Fn key. An unremappable key on the laptop
inbetween the left ctrl and alt keys with 'Fn' written on it. It is
supposed to help with kb navigation, but since much of my kb
navigation has been predicated upon a windows key in that position, I
got a bit irritated by it. Still, I have now found a little Toshiba
app that enables full hot key functionality in the 'Fn' key so have
solved most of the problem by the back door...
 
Dunno if it's too late to suggest

http://jackass.arsware.org/ok.php

Take a look

David
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I searched for a remapper about 2 years ago, and tried tons of them.
Settled on Hotkeys, even though it required releasing the modifier key
for the action to take place (for example win+; = end, have to release
win key or end doesn't happen).

+ Unlike Hotkeys, don't have to release the modifier key!
+ Much nicer, simpler GUI than Hotkeys
+ Only the options/features I need
- Hotkeys was a resource hog, using 5% of system/user resources.
OkayKeyBees uses 6%. Must be the nature of the beast I guess.

Winner: OkayKeyBees. Thanks ArsWare! I love ArsWare's Jackass... so
cute!

Remaps I can't live without:

win+j = home
win+k = leftarrow
win+l = rightarrow
win+; = end
win+u = pageup
win+m = pagedown

I hope I haven't spoken too soon... I've used OkayKeyBees for 5 minutes.
 
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