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I use Windows 10. How can I change the caps lock key to do backspace?

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I used this registry key

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout]
"Scancode Map"=hex:00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,0E,00,3a,00,3a,00,46,00,00,00,00,00
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    There are a lot of shady results on a web search about this; not to be trusted download sites. Your solution is fully transparent and just works after a restart on my Win 10 machine. Thanks! – Marcel Blanck Apr 17 '19 at 01:39
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    Easiest way to use the above: copy and paste the whole quoted grey text into a file named e.g. 'caps-lock-backspace.reg', then double click that file and click yes on the two prompts Windows gives you. – Hugh W Sep 11 '20 at 10:00
  • this is an amazing answer, thank you so much (and @HughW your comment was incredibly helpful too), but: is there a way to do this *and* make the backspace key be caps-lock? – Nicholas Montaño Jan 29 '22 at 01:25
  • @NicholasMontaño This command actually maps the Scroll Lock key to Caps Lock (which I think is great - now I have a Backspace for each hand and have replaced a useless key with one I actually use now and then). If you'd still like to map the Backspace key to Caps Lock instead, just replace the "46" with "0e". – Gumby The Green Feb 15 '22 at 09:59