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I'm trying to use the Win key as a modifier key on Windows. So far, the best approach I found is to map it to another key using AutoHotKeys. For example, I can map the left Win key to the left Control key and it works as expected.

To achieve my goal I'd need to map the Win key to another modifier key, one that is not any of Ctrl, Alt, Shift.

Is there such a thing? Even if I have to use the raw key code, that's fine.

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  • My Dell keyboard only has a left Win key, but it does have separate left and right Alt keys, so if yours does too, you could use them as two different separate modifiers.
    – martineau
    Commented Nov 28, 2016 at 15:27
  • You could use the Alt-Menu key if you have one.
    – DavidPostill ♦
    Commented Nov 28, 2016 at 15:41
  • @martineau I thought of that, but IntelliJ, the main application I use, doesn't differentiate between left and right keys when setting up modifiers.
    – Pablo Fernandez
    Commented Nov 28, 2016 at 15:51
  • @davidpostill: I'm not looking for a key that I have but for a key I don't have, to map the Win key to it. I tried using the menu key, but it's not a modifier key, so alt+menu won't work either.
    – Pablo Fernandez
    Commented Nov 28, 2016 at 15:52
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    The Win key is a modifier key on Windows (= it modifies the function of other keys in key-combinations). Using Autohotkey you can extend its function as modifier key by creating new key-combinations.
    – Relax
    Commented Nov 30, 2016 at 11:05

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