How to Turn Off Caps Lock with Caps Lock or Shift Key in Windows 10


Caps Lock is a button on a keyboard that changes if a letter should be capitalized or not.

By default, you would press the Caps Lock key to toggle Caps Lock on and off.

If you like, you can select to turn off Caps Lock by pressing the Caps Lock key or Shift key. You would still need to press the Caps Lock key to turn on Caps Lock.

The Shift key will not play a sound when used to turn off Caps Lock. Only pressing the Caps Lock key will play a sound if Use Toggle Keys is turned on.

This tutorial will show you how to select to press Caps Lock or Shift key to turn off Caps Lock for your account in Windows 10.


Contents

  • Option One: Turn Off Caps Lock with CAPS LOCK or SHIFT Key in Settings
  • Option Two: Turn Off Caps Lock with CAPS LOCK or SHIFT Key using a REG file






OPTION ONE

Turn Off Caps Lock with CAPS LOCK or SHIFT Key in Settings


1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the Devices icon.

2 Click/tap on Typing on the left side, and click/tap on the Advanced keyboard settings link on the right side under More keyboard settings. (see screenshot below)

How to Turn Off Caps Lock with Caps Lock or Shift Key in Windows 10-change_caps_lock-1.jpg

3 Click/tap on the Input language hot keys link in Advanced keyboard settings. (see screenshot below)

How to Turn Off Caps Lock with Caps Lock or Shift Key in Windows 10-change_caps_lock-2.png

4 In the Text Services and Input Languages dialog, select (dot) Press the CAPS LOCK key (default) or Press the SHIFT key for what you want under the To turn off Caps Lock section, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

How to Turn Off Caps Lock with Caps Lock or Shift Key in Windows 10-change_caps_lock-3.png

5 You can now close Settings if you like.






OPTION TWO

Turn Off Caps Lock with CAPS LOCK or SHIFT Key using a REG file


The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout

Attributes DWORD

0 = CAPS LOCK key
10000 = SHIFT key


1 Do step 2 (CAPS LOCK key) or step 3 (SHIFT key) below for which language bar you want.


2 To Turn Off Caps Lock with CAPS LOCK key

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_off_Caps_Lock_with_Caps_Lock_key.reg

Download


3 To Turn Off Caps Lock with SHIFT key

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_off_Caps_Lock_with_Shift_key.reg

Download


4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink


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