How to Turn On or Off Toggle Keys Tone in Windows 10
When you press the Caps Lock, Num Lock, or Scroll Lock keys on your keyboard, it will toggle turning on and off Caps Lock, Num Lock, or Scroll Lock.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off to hear a tone when you press the Caps Lock, Num Lock, and Scroll Lock toggle keys for your account in Windows 10.
Contents
- Option One: To Turn On or Off Toggle Keys Tone in Settings
- Option Two: To Turn On or Off Toggle Keys Tone in Control Panel
- Option Three: To Turn On or Off Toggle Keys Tone using a REG file
EXAMPLE: Toggle Keys
1 Open the Settings app, and click/tap on the Ease of Access icon.
Starting with Windows 10 build 21359, the Ease of Access category in Settings has been renamed to Accessibility.
2 Click/tap on Keyboard on the left side, and turn on or off (default) to Play a sound whenever you press Caps Lock, Num Lock, or Scroll Lock for what you want under Use Toggle Keys on the right side. (see screenshot below)
3 When finished, you can close Settings if you like.
1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Ease of Access Center icon.
2 Click/tap on either the Make the keyboard easier to use or Make it easier to focus on tasks settings link. (see screenshot below)
3 Check (on) or uncheck (off - default) Turn on Toggle Keys for what you want set, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
The downloadable .reg files below will modify the string value in the registry key below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\ToggleKeys
Flags string value
58 = off
59 = on
1 Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Turn_On_Toggle_Keys_Tone.reg
Download
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_Toggle_Keys_Tone.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 Sign out and sign in to apply.
8 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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