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I would like to modify Windows(Super) key behavour like:

  1. {LWin Up} key as Tab character instead Windows Menu.
  2. LWin + letter, number, function key etc - works like normal behaviour.(ex: Win + m - minimize)

How to do that at Windows 7?

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Try this:

$LWin::
    KeyWait LWin, T0.15
    If !ErrorLevel ; if you hold the LWin key for less than 200 miliseconds...
        Send {Tab}
    Else ; but if it is held for more than that...
        Send {LWin Down} ; ...hold LWin down
    KeyWait LWin ; and, in both cases, wait for it to be released
    Send, {LWin Up}
Return

This will let you use left Win-key as tab if you shortpress it, and if you hold it down for 0.15 seconds, it will treat the buttonpress as left Win-key and enable you to use Win + letter-shortcuts.

This was crudely stolen and modified from https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/83948-how-to-remap-win-key-and-retain-win-key-other-key-combos/

All credit goes to MasterFocus over there.

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  • Very interesting behaviour. Sounds promesing. I will test it more in heavy editing :)
    – lluke
    Mar 6, 2018 at 8:03
  • This solution is quite good. It solved my main issue descrbed in this question: superuser.com/questions/1294435/…
    – lluke
    Mar 7, 2018 at 9:31
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Windows 7 doesn't allow you to change the system default hotkeys. The only way around this is to intercept the keys and make them do something else. You can do this using a tool called AutoHotKey.

I haven't used this tool for a while so I can't give you detailed instructions but you can find a tutorial and some help on their website.

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