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No Break key on Studio Keyboard
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I originally posted this tot the desktop forum and was told I should have posted to the laptop forum instead. So here it is
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I have a Studio xps 16. It is missing a number of keys found on other Dell keyboards such as Pause, Break, ScrollLock, Numlock etc.
I am doing some software development on it and need to have a CTRL-Break combination to break into running code. On my Latitude the fn+Pause keys were the Break key so to get ctrl-Break I did CTRL+FN+PAUSE.
There apparently is a registry entry that can be set to do scancode mappings
Computer\HKEY_LOCALMACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout\Scancode Map
but
• The Pause/Break key cannot be remapped. This special key generates a 3-byte
scancode, but the Scancode Map registry entry only allows for the remapping of
2-byte scancodes.
I called Dell Tech Support and they said to buy and attach an external keyboard ( !?!? ).
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solution
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Starting osk.exe and then holding down the CTRL and Fn keys and clicking PAUSE on the On-Screen Keyboard did the trick.
kirkd
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November 26th, 2010 08:00
Have you tried -c? How about Fn-Delete?
Paul Durdin
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September 23rd, 2011 04:00
Ctrl-C isn't likely to work???
Tried Fn-Delete - no go.
This is really frustrating - i've spent a small fortune on my XPS - and i have been really pleased with it - but there is no BREAK key. This means it's pretty useless - i really don't want to have to lug an external keyboard around.
Does anyone have an answer - there must be a way of simulating the BREAK key - there are so many software systems that need it.
kirkd
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September 24th, 2011 22:00
Try
If no-go, do a search on the web.
aidangrogan
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October 5th, 2011 15:00
Works as Ctrl - Break on XPS 17 running Windows 7
MicroTest
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October 6th, 2011 07:00
There might be another solution with program "AutoHotKey".Writing the right(simple) code should make it possible to use just one key instead of using a combination of keys
http://www.autohotkey.com/
The general example below works with windows7/64bit - I don't have a program that requires the "Break" key otherwise I would have given it a try.....
azering
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January 14th, 2012 03:00
Deel XPS 17 l702x
mapping: Scroll Lock -> Home, Pause/Break -> End
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,1d,e1,4f,e0,46,00,47,e0,\
00,00,00,00
timp32
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January 21st, 2012 07:00
Try:
[Ctrl]-[Fn]-[F12] for Ctrl-Break
[Fn]-[F12] for Pause
[Fn]-[F5] for Scroll Lock
Hope this helps - worked for me on some other Dell models.
Belfiets
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January 31st, 2012 12:00
Hello Paul,
At my Dell XPS 15 the combination Ctrl-Fn-Delete does the trick. No external keyboard needed
Kind greetings from Austria,
Derk Jan
chamele0
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May 16th, 2013 16:00
I have an XPS L502X. I found that Fn+Insert works. I was able to pause/unpause the game in Company of Heroes.
I've been looking for the answer to this for a couple years. I tried all the different key mapping software without success. Finally found it by just trying random things.
Hope this helps.
ma4cio
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May 27th, 2015 12:00
Try
CTRL + FN +S