Windows – Remap pause/break key

keyboardremappingwindows-vista

I would like to remap a pause/break key into my dell inspiron 1545's keyboard, but all the utilities I've tried so far either haven't worked or don't support remapping of key "outside of the alphabet"

Sorry, I didn't make my post clear.

I don't have a pause/break key on my keyboard, but I need one for some of the programs I use (and no, I can't use +C or something to replace it)

I was hoping to be able to remap F12 to pause/break. If someone could write the AHK script for me that would be great, because I have no experience using the program.

I'm using Vista Home Premium

Best Answer

You could give AutoHotKey a try.

It is quite powerful, from what I experienced. According to their key list, your key should be supported:

  • Pause
  • Break -- Since this is synonymous with Pause, use ^CtrlBreak in hotkeys instead of ^Pause or ^Break.

If it has a special code, you can also retrieve it, following instructions on the same page.

The instruction to remap F12 to Pause is simply like this:

F12::Pause
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