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Windows 10 binds Win+Shift+S to the snipping tool. I want to use that keybind for another program. You can make a new registry key in Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced called DisabledHotkeys with a value of S to disable Win+S, E to disable Win+E and etc.

But I haven't seen anyone mention how to disable three-key hotkeys and I'm not sure how to even input SHIFT key as a value. All I've found is this thread (Look at comment by JBert) which seems to have found a theoretical way to input LEFT ARROW key as a value (To disable Win+ ← hotkey) but doesn't seem like it worked out as intended for them.

Sevastian
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To unbind Win+Shift+S from Explorer, paste the following text into a .reg file and double-click it to execute:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"DisabledHotkeys"="S"

If you ever wish to undo this, do the same with the following .reg file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"DisabledHotkeys"=-

Reference : How to disable specific global hotkeys in Windows.

harrymc
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I managed to disable the Win+Shift+S hotkey in a way I didn't expect it to work. I used the Virtual-Key code values page from the thread I've linked, found the SHIFT key value of 0x10 from there (Just the number 10 is what we need to remember), then modified the binary data of the DisabledHotkeys string to add "10" at the start to look like the image below.

After that clicked OK and modified the value the usual way, added S after the new new symbol that appeared to have the final value look like shown on the image below. Pressed OK, restarted and to my surprise it actually worked and now the Win+Shift+S hotkey doesn't open anything!

This has its downsides though: it also disables the Win+S hotkey which I thankfully don't use so it isn't a problem for me but could be a problem for some people. It would've also disabled the Win+Shift shortcut if it existed since I believe it disables every key used in the hotkey combination, so that's to note.

Ramhound
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Sevastian
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I first set the screenshot shortcut to Win+Shift+d for another software. And I use AutoHotkey to map Win+Shift+s to Win+Shift+d and then map Win+Shift+d to Win+Shift+s. Here is my script

#<+s::#+d ;;
#+d::#+s ;;
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