I got some "close to useless" USB sleep buttons for computers from a marketing campaign and was wondering how to use it to something cooler. Like.. Playing sad trombone when pressed.
So I went around looking how does it installs, and finally seems to be simply a HID keyboard key. Googlin' a bit more, I've found Patriot's question which seemed quite the answer - but no. The programs they describe there do not trap the commands from the USB dongle even in "teach mode" if I press it my computer goes to sleep -_-
What would be the correct way to find and remap that key to something specific?
Edit Forgot to mention the operation system. it is Windows 7
Answer
It looks like this Keyboard Layout tool by Microsoft lets you remap a key on an existing layout.
Apparently it is a GUI that lets you edit the registry settings for your keyboard mapping.
You can also trying hacking the registry keys under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Keyboard Layout
Good luck. (fade out: whaaa-whaaaarmmm)
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