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If you are using Windows 10 Home edition, this is the alternative for the group policy method. With a simple registry edit, you can block the Windows key. Setting the GPO to Not Configured will enable the Windows Key. To enable the win key, select the “Not configured” radio option in step 5 and reboot Windows. For example, the task view shortcut “Win + Tab” no longer works. Not only the Windows key but all the hotkeys paired with the Windows key will not work.

On the right panel, double-click on the “ Turn off Windows Key hotkeys” policy.Īfter rebooting, the Windows key will no longer work.

User Configuration → Administrative Templates → Windows Components → File Explorer

Type “ Edit Group Policy” and press Enter.

All you have to do is configure a policy in Group Policy Editor. You can also disable the Windows key using GPO.

This will close the script and the Windows key functionality will be restored. To enable Windows key, right-click on the AutoHotKey icon on the taskbar and select “Exit”. While the script is running, you can see the AutoHotKey icon in the taskbar. As long as the script is running, the Windows key will be disabled. Just double-click on the file you just created to execute the script.

Right-click on the file and select the “ Edit Script” option.

You can name the file anything you want, just make sure that you replace.

Name the file as “ Disable Win Key.ahk“.

All you have to do is execute the script and you are done. Using a simple AutoHotKey script, you can quickly block the Windows key.

How to disable Windows key via Registry 1.

How to disable Windows key using AutoHotKey.

I will show all of them, follow the one you like. Since Windows doesn’t offer any official option, we need to use third-party applications or registry or group policy edits.

So, if the Windows key is getting in your way for whatever reason, use one of the methods shown below to disable the Windows key or Start key.