Turn off Windows Key hotkeys
- Policy ID
- NoWindowsHotKeys
- Scope
- User Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2003
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › File Explorer
Description
Turn off Windows Key hotkeys.
Keyboards with a Windows key provide users with shortcuts to common shell features. For example, pressing the keyboard sequence Windows+R opens the Run dialog box; pressing Windows+E starts File Explorer. By using this setting, you can disable these Windows Key hotkeys.
If you enable this setting, the Windows Key hotkeys are unavailable.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, the Windows Key hotkeys are available.
Registry
UserHKEY_CURRENT_USER
- NoWinKeys-