I test it on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
Works in: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
In our opinion this is the best way to swap the control and caps lock keys in Windows because you don't have to rely on any external program and the registry edit works 100% perfectly (for the paranoid).
Why should one bother changing the caps lock and control keys, what's wrong with the control key where it is? After extensive testing, our conclusion is that - if you use the control key a lot (like in Emacs or Vim), then you should definitely swap the control and caps lock keys as it's extremely ergo-dynamic to have the control key in the home row.
- Click Start -> Run
- Type: regedit, and click OK
- Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> System -> CurrentControlSet -> Control -> KeyBoard Layout
Note: KeyBoard Layout, and not KeyBoard Layouts - Right-click: Keyboard Layout, and select New -> Binary value
- Rename: New Value #1 -> Scancode Map
- Right click: Scancode Map -> Modify
- Close regedit and restart your computer
0000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0008 03 00 00 00 1d 00 3a 00 0010 3a 00 1d 00 00 00 00 00 0018
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