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Possible To Change The Shortcut Key Alt+F4?

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Is it possible, without the use of a macro program or the like, to reassign the shortcut key for closing the current window to something else? I would like to be able to press Alt+`(grave accent) in order to perform this action and essentially render Alt+F4 ineffective. Could there perhaps be a way to do this by editing a certain registry value? I know it sounds silly that I should want to do it this way and not and not just use a program like AutoHotkey, but for reasons I’d rather not expand on, I must do it this way. Help would be appreciated.

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  1. You can’t change the <Alt>-F4 action to <Alt>-`. (Well, you possibly could be writing your own keyboard map, but you probably wouldn’t be asking if you knew how to do that.)

    Your best bet would be to get a keyboard with some programmable keys and then assign the action that way. For example, my Logitech S520 allows you to do that or – even better – assign that function to the middle mouse button.

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