Comments on: Disable Sticky Keys

Question: Disable Sticky Keys

my_thai — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:18:55 -0800

How do I permanently disable sticky keys?

I accidentally engaged sticky keys in Windows XP last week. I figured out how to turn it off, however everytime I reboot and log in the sticky keys are back.

How do I get rid of them forever?

By: mhp

mhp — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:28:02 -0800

Press shift 5 times, then when the dialog pops up saying you have enabled sticky keys, press settings, then disable the shortcut, that should help.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:30:12 -0800

Yes, hit shift 5 times and it will take you to the place where you can control it. If that fails, you can try googling it.

By: Class Goat

Class Goat — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:32:32 -0800

In the control panel there's an applet called "accessibility options". You can disable sticky keys there, and you can disable the keyboard shortcut as well.

In Vista, it's called "Ease of Access" in the control panel.

By: le morte de bea arthur

le morte de bea arthur — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:48:32 -0800

On an only-vaguely-related matter, I physically removed my caps-lock key from my keyboard a few weeks ago and would heartily recommend it.

By: trouserbat

trouserbat — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:56:13 -0800

@LMDBA: I remapped it to left control, that's worth considering too.

By: BobInce

BobInce — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:51:19 -0800

In XP, it is possible to uninstall the Accessibility Options control panel option whilst leaving StickyKeys active. Should you respond to the unwanted pop-up with 'Settings', nothing happens.

To fix this, re-install Accessories->Accessibility Wizard from Add/Remove Windows Components in Add/Remove Programs. Or just stop playing games that are stupid enough to use the shifting keys for fire buttons.

I heartily endorse ripping off the caps lock key, or using MSKLC to make a keyboard layout where it has no effect.

By: joeclark

joeclark — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:19:35 -0800

Don't you have to press the left Shift key five times?