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Remap or disable 'Copilot' chatbot key on new Windows keyboards

Anonymous
2024-06-13T18:03:19+00:00

Recently Microsoft has partnered with manufacturers to add new chatbot keys in place of the old commonly used menu/ right control key.

I've been getting more and more calls from customers of new laptops complaining about this chatbot key and wanting it turned off. This has lead to one ripping the key off, three returning their laptops, and two downloading possibly dangerous third party programs to remap this key.

It appears there is no settings in Windows to make this key usable for anything the customer actually wants it for. It's just begging to be accidentally tapped so the user can get advertisements delivered to them via a chatbot.

So how can we disable/remap this unwelcome key on Windows keyboards?

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    Anonymous
    2024-06-17T12:58:05+00:00

    Hello, Welcome to Microsoft Community.

    Thanks for your feedbackI think you're having trouble with the Copilot key on your keyboard.

    You can use the keyboard-manager feature in Microsoft PowerToys tool to remap or disable the Copilot chatbot key on your Windows keyboard. Here are the steps:

    1. Download and install the Microsoft PowerToys tool from the official Microsoft website.
    2. Open the PowerToys tool and select the "Keyboard Manager" tab.
    3. Click on the "Remap a key" button.
    4. Choose the Copilot chatbot key from the "Physical Key" dropdown menu.
    5. Select the key or function you want to remap the Copilot chatbot key to from the "Mapped To" dropdown menu.
    6. Click "OK" to save the changes.

    If you want to completely disable the Copilot chatbot key, you can remap it to the "Disabled" option.

    You can download the tool from the following link: https://dori-uw-1.kuma-moon.com/windows/powertoys/

    If you are indeed using a Surface product, you can purchase the Surface Pro Signature Keyboard separately to replace the Surface Pro Flex Keyboard.

    If my understanding is wrong, please point it out, so that I can assist you better.

    Lugoo Bei | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-17T07:44:56+00:00

    while this technically works to remap the Copilot key to CTRL (Right) or whatever you'd like to remap it to, if you actually remap it to CTRL (Right), you will not be able to use the CTRL+ALT+DEL key combination with this remapped button for some reason (at least not on Lenovo Legion 5i), which is one of the primary benefits of having a right-handed control--being able to do a one-handed CTRL+ALT+DEL. i suspect this has something to do with the Copilot button not being fully remapped, and perhaps some other key combination is preventing CTRL+ALT+DEL from being recognized, or perhaps simply the Copilot button cannot be part of a key combination ever. if anyone has any insight that could help resolve this, it would be super helpful.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-19T07:51:20+00:00

    I just got the Think X1 Carbon Aura edition and was appalled to find not right Ctrl just like everyone else here.

    I tried the Powertoys workaround, and it worked, but it's not ideal because it didn't work for a very specific, albeit common case - Ctrl+Shift+arrow keys to select words. It just doesn't work with the left Shift - nothing gets selected, and at some point the Copilot key starts resizing the window instead.

    Clearly, the issue is the left Shift, which is part of the Copilot key combo as Copilot is not a real key but rather a key combo of Win+Left Shift+F23. When I use Copilot+right Shift+arrow keys, they work as expected.

    I tweeted at Clint Rutkas to flag the issue and hope he can figure out a solution. https://x.com/ArtemR/status/1869644258849996897

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-19T08:09:09+00:00

    hello all

    Finally, I had changed the co-pilot key to function as ctrl

    1. Install Microsoft power toys
    2. Navigate to keyboard manager
    3. Click on re-map short cut
    4. add short cut remapping
    5. click on co-pilot key. it will take the keyboard shortcut
    6. right side click on short cut pencil icon
    7. click on ctrl button on left and click "OK"
    8. click on drop down and change to ctrl right

    This will work to change co-pilot to ctrl right button.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-19T08:33:53+00:00

    As I already mentioned, this method works for everything but using the left Shift with Copilot and arrow keys.

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