GolfHos

Somebody give me a command/macro/hammer to inactivate my caps lock key.

For some reason on my work laptop I keep turning it on inadvertently. It's starting to freak me out.

Thanks in advance.

i COULD USE SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOO.

http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-the-Capslock-Key-in-Windows

disclaimer*  - no idea how reputable the info is.  seems logical to me though

Seems as though it works just fine on your computers.  [sm_devil]

LMAO!  You're on fire today.

+1

I can see if I saved my code and recompile it for you if you want it. :)

Aske's post was good but I really like the shift+Caps Lock idea.

karma is yours Chief Viking if you find that code.  8)

Found my old code, optimizing it up a little bit now, I'll be around later and post it. :)

 [sm_thumbsup2]

I think I feel my virginity returning just from reading this thread.

Spacey's post was the only post that I understood.  All the other posts may as well have been written in spanish, I have no freakin idea what you lot are talking about. ??? ??? ??? ???

So here's the deal. ;)

It's a single executable file (so it's portable if you ever want to use it from a flash drive) that's 427 KB, and maxes out using about 2 MB of RAM.

I could compress the executable's size down to around 200 KB using UPX, which would be a lot smaller although slightly less RAM friendly (500 K more), but lots of anti-viruses falsely flag UPX compressed executables as malware which renders it useless, so I didn't compress the executable.

If you want it to run automatically on startup you can just place a shortcut of it in your "startup" folder in your start menu.

It's nothing fancy as I originally just coded it for fun, but here's how it works:

When it's running, pressing Caps Lock does nothing. To turn on Caps Lock hold in Shift+Caps Lock, and press it again to toggle on/off.

Right click on the tray icon (a red "x" - don't ask ;)) and click "pause", or press the "Pause/Break" key on your keyboard to pause it, which makes your Caps Lock key behave as it normally would and the tray icon turns to a letter "P" to show that it's paused. Do either option again to un-pause it, and start blocking the Caps Lock key again.

I have it with the tray icon because I like seeing what processes I have running without having to open the task manager. If you don't like seeing the tray icon, I can recompile it without it, or you can right click on your taskbar > properties > customize > select it > click always hide.

The "about box" is just how I keep track of what version number I have running.

I uploaded them to my MediaFire account for downloading, the first download link is the exe and the second is a zipped version of the exe as some ISP's block downloading exe's. You only need to download one.

Download exe (http://www.mediafire.com/?jymeduuqmyz)

Download zip (http://www.mediafire.com/?ttekmg52ntl)

:)

Excellent!

karma coming your way from the other side of the Twin Cities Torp. 

No problem, you might want to try it to make sure it works for you first. ;) ;D

 [sm_scratch]

What, you can't read Wingdings? ;)

Working as expected Fuzzy?

Mmmmmmmm   wing dings.

Don't worry, folks, it's safe.  I was commandeered... er, no, volunteered... er... a commandeered volunteer (yeah, that's it! ;)) to be the test guinea pig.  Both before and after his final testing.

Why the red x? :D


...What, you mean you don't want an online discussion about a previous discussion? ;)