How to Work Around a Broken Keyboard Key on a Windows 10 PC
If the keyboard on your Windows 10 computer has a broken or missing key (and it's one you don't use often), you might be able to work around it until you get a new keyboard. Here are a few ideas you can try in a pinch. Method 1: Remap the Key with Software Using Microsoft's free PowerToys utility for Windows 10, you can assign the function of a broken key to another you don't use often, like the Scroll or Caps Lock, or a function key. To do this, download Microsoft PowerToys , if you don't already have it. After you launch it, click "Keyboard Manager" in the sidebar, and then click "Remap a key." We'll use Esc as the broken key in our example, and replace it with the seldom-used Scroll Lock key . In the "Remap Keyboard" window, click the plus sign (+) to add a shortcut. On the left, you have to define the key you're remapping. From the drop-down menu, select the broken key you want to assign to another one.
