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Kevin Okemwa

Microsoft's "most significant change to the Windows keyboard" in 30 years gets a slap in the face from a daring developer

Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7640 Copilot key.

Do you hate the dedicated Copilot button on your Windows 11 Copilot+ PC? Thanks to a daring third‑party developer, you can now unofficially remap it back to its original purpose — the right‑side CTRL key.

In 2024, Microsoft announced that upcoming Windows PCs will be equipped with a dedicated Copilot key, branding it the "most significant change to the Windows keyboard" in 30 years. While it was possible to remap the dedicated Copilot key in Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs, Microsoft temporarily scrapped that option to avoid bugs.

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