The final thing you can do to make Windows a little easier is to organize the Start Menu. The last thing to do is restart your computer for the changes to take effect. Once you’ve done all of that, your SharpKeys app should look similar to the screenshot above and you can click ‘Write to Registry’ and then close the app. You’ll also need to repeat this process two more times for the right Ctrl and Alt keys. You’ll need to add another line to SharpKeys that’s the exact opposite of the first one to make Alt act like Ctrl. This will make the left Ctrl key act as the Alt button. In the ‘To’ section choose ‘Special: Left Ctrl(00_1D).’ You can also hit the ‘Type Key’ button and just tap the keys you’re looking for on your keyboard, but this didn’t work for me, so your mileage may vary. Once you have the app open, you’ll need to click on ‘Add.’ Then, scroll down and select ‘Special: left Alt (00_38)’ in the ‘From’ column. You can download SharpKeys on GitHub as well. So if you’re a Mac user who’s shifting over to Windows, it’s useful to swap the powers of the Alt and Ctrl keys. Remapping keyboard keys is something that’s strangely missing from default Windows, but with a handy app called SharpKeys, you can solve this problem in a few minutes.Īnyone who moves between Windows and Mac knows that it’s pretty annoying to have to unlearn the muscle memory of each operating system’s shortcut keys.

Automatic light and dark modeĪs I was saying above, since light and dark modes change the colour of the text on the Taskbar you may not want to enable this if you’re using TaskbarX and an intricate wallpaper. You can buy TaskbarX for $1.39 on the Microsoft Store. You can mitigate this sometimes by switching from light to dark mode, but some wallpapers are just not going to work. One thing I will mention is that when the Taskbar is transparent, it’s hard to read the text in the bottom left and right corners, depending on your wallpaper. If you want to take things to the next level, you can even adjust precisely where you want the icons if you want them off-set. You can also turn the Taskbar into a solid colour or make it fogged if you want. For macOS users, this makes the UI feature act a little more like the operating system they’re used to. To me, this looks a lot better, primarily when you hide the ‘Search’ bar. TaskbarX does two main things: it centers your Taskbar icons and it makes the Taskbar transparent.

I use one called TaskbarX that cost $1.39 CAD, but there are some other options out there, depending on what you’re looking for.

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