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Although I live in the UK, due to circumstances beyond my control, I am now using a US keyboard, and have therefore set the keyboard layout to US in Windows 11.

I don't want to faff around with the shortcut of "ALT key and type the number 0163" to obtain the £ symbol. Instead I just want to use something like Right Alt + 4 to obtain it. Microsoft Powertoys allows you to remap keys. However, it doesn't seem to allow a £ symbol in the "Mapped to" section.

Powertoys GUI

I'm therefore wondering if I can use a "virtual key" code instead which might produce the £ symbol. How would I determine this code number? I found this link, but no luck with any pound symbol. Or maybe there's something better and more logically designed than PowerToys that gives a much more diverse set of characters?

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  • AHK should be much easier to set up for such tasks.
    – Destroy666
    Commented Apr 6, 2023 at 23:29
  • @Destroy666 I'll try that as a last resort, but I can't believe there isn't a util designed for such basic functionality.
    – Twinbee
    Commented Apr 10, 2023 at 0:16
  • @Destroy666 - AHK did the trick easier than expected. Posted an answer, thanks!
    – Twinbee
    Commented Apr 11, 2023 at 23:57

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Found that using the free AutoHotkey v2 along with this script did the trick:

!4::£      ; Alt+4 prints £
!`::¬      ; Alt+` prints ¬
!\::¦      ; Alt+\ prints ¦
>!4::€     ; AltGr+4 prints €

Key Manager from ATNSoft also worked, but costs $60 (though does support a bunch of other stuff too, such as recording key/mouse sequences and playing them back at will).

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