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I have recently got myself a new Lenovo E570 with Windows 10 on board.

As it turns out, the Ctrl button and the Fn button have been "swapped" (in comparison with the keyboard layout on older versions of Lenovo).

So the Fn button is now located at the at the bottom-left corner of the keyboard, while the Ctrl button is located next to it, much closer to letter keys which are typically used in conjunction with it for various common functionalities (copy, paste, cut, back, forth, etc).

As a result, many of my shortcut habits are now "deprecated".

Whenever I try to do Ctrl + some letter, I get Fn + that letter instead.

This is extremely annoying.

I was able to deactivate the Fn button by pressing it simultaneously with the Esc button (which is also labeled FnLock).

That helps a bit (the 'F' buttons attain their original functionalities).

But I'm still annoyed with not having the Ctrl button where I instinctively expect it to be.

Is there any way to change the Fn button to behave the same as the Ctrl button?

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According to the Lenovo site, this can be done in the BIOS:

  1. Restart the computer
  2. Enter system BIOS: Press F1 at Lenovo or ThinkPad logo during bootup.
  3. Go to Config -> keyboard/mouse -> Fn and Ctrl Key swap

For Windows 10 laptop, You can also access the BIOS by holding shift while restarting.

https://support.lenovo.com/gb/en/solutions/ht074187

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