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I have a keyboard with no break key. Is there a means (install software or otherwise) to send a break keypress event to a machine with no break key? I'm fine using AutoHotKey or something.

Specifically, I want to toggle full screen mode on a hyper-v server. There is no way to switch the keyboard shortcut to accomplish this: Ctrl+Alt+break.

Painful extra details that most people can ignore

I do not want to use the windows touch keyboard. I am looking for a faster way to get to the break key. I'm using 3 keyboards. I can simply reach for one of the keyboards that has a break key, but again the goal here is efficiency.

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It depends on your keyboard

Keyboards without Break key

Compact and notebook keyboards often do not have a dedicated Pause/Break key. These may use the following substitutes for Break:

  • Ctrl+Fn+F11 or Fn+B or Fn+Ctrl+B on certain Lenovo laptops and certain Dell laptops.
  • Fn+Esc on Samsung.
  • Fn+Ctrl+B on certain Dell laptops.
  • Fn+⇧ Shift on certain HP laptops.

Substitutes for Pause:

  • Fn+P or Fn+Ctrl+P or Fn+Alt+P (on certain Lenovo laptops).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Break_key#Keyboards_without_Break_key

If the keyboard has no facilities to simulate the Break key then there are several other solutions. The easiest way is to remap some unused key to Break.

Alternatively you can use Autohotkey. The following script will remap the Right Alt key to Break

RAlt::^Pause

See also

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