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The new Keyboard Manager utility helps you map your keyboard
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Microsoft released the first preview of thenew PowerToysapplicationin September 2019. Since then, developers improved it and integrated newtoolsinside PowerToys.
ToolslikePower Rename,anImage Resizer, Fancy Zones, or Window Walker were added throughout time.
Keyboard Manager helps you remap your keys and shortcuts
At the Build 2020 event, Microsoft added two new utilities inside PowerToys, and the first notable one is Keyboard Manager.
To select the KeyBoard manager just click on the utility from the left pane. On the right you will see a button to turn it Off (by default it is On), aRemap a keybutton and aRemap a shortcutbutton.
If you press theRemap a keybutton, you will see a window where you will be able to remap a key to a new one really easy. They even explain the functionality in a few clear words. After you change the keys, press OK for the changes to take effect.
With the shortcut remapping it’s exactly the same except that instead of simple keys, you will use shortcut keys like Ctrl + C and Ctrl +V.
PowerToys Run, better quick launcher
The second new utility is the PowerToys Run, a quick launcher faster and better than the classic Run.
To launch it, you will have to press Alt + Space. Whereas for the classic Run, you had to know the name of the possibleapplicationto run, the PowerToys Run has a very handy search function that gives you possibleapplicationsuggestions while you type your queries.
In this example, when we entercom,for instance, PowerToys detected Command Prompt but also Google Chrome and Remote Desktop Connection.
From the PowerToys app, you can set-up how many results you want to see when you search. By default, there are 4 but you can set as many as you like.
PowerToys is still in the Preview stage but you can still install it manually from theGitHub release.
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Claudiu Andone
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His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.
With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
