To do this, install SharpKeys and launch it. The muscle memory you’ve built up for keyboard shortcuts won’t fail you. This will change the order from Control, Alt, Windows to Control, Windows, Alt - the same order you’ll find on a standard Windows keyboard. If you’re used to Windows keyboard shortcuts, you’ll probably want to swap the Option/Alt Key with the Command/Windows key. RELATED: The 20 Most Important Keyboard Shortcuts For Windows PCs Solution 2: If You’re Used to Windows Shortcuts If you need to press the Windows key, press the Command key on the right side of your keyboard instead. Your left Command key will function as a second Control key, which means many Mac Command key shortcuts will just work like you’d expect them to. Press the Control key.Ĭlick OK and click “Write to Registry.” Log out and log in or reboot to activate your changes. Next, click the “Type Key” button under the “To key” column on the right. Click the Add button and click “Type Key” under the “From key” column on the left. Pressing Command+L will focus the location bar in your web browser on Windows just as it does on OS X - without the remapping, that Command+L shortcut equals Windows Key+L, which will lock your Windows system.

You’ll then be able to use Mac keyboard shortcuts like Command+C, X, or V for Copy, Cut, and Paste in Windows. If you’re used to Mac keyboard shortcuts, you may want to make the Command key function as the Control key. RELATED: A Windows User's Guide to Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts Solution 1: If You’re Used to Mac Shortcuts This utility works on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and even older versions of Windows. You could actually do this all in the registry editor if you like - it just takes more work. SharpKeys is an easy-to-use, open-source graphical program that creates the appropriate Windows registry entries to remap keys. We’ll be using SharpKeys to remap these keys in Windows.

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