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I tried a few regedit tools and keyboard editing programs, they mostly say that the alt key is not configurable. My spacebar is broken and making my alt key the spacebar seems like the easiest and cheapest solution. Does anyone know how to do this?

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  • Is this serious? What if you need the Alt key? A new keyboard costs 15 bucks.
    – Jan Doggen
    May 10, 2013 at 18:19
  • Have you tried SharpKeys or similar apps?
    – Karan
    May 16, 2013 at 21:36
  • tried sharpKeys, didnt work.
    – NebDaMin
    May 17, 2013 at 17:41
  • also this is a laptop in response to @JanDoggen
    – NebDaMin
    May 17, 2013 at 17:42

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AutoHotkey will do what you're looking to accomplish, assuming you run Windows, which given the mention of regedit seems likely. Once AutoHotkey is installed, save the following script in a file with the extension .ahk:

LAlt::Space

Then double-click the file. While the script is running, your left alt key will produce a space character, and you'll have a 'H' icon in your system tray by which you can exit the script, edit it, and otherwise control how it behaves.

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