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Num Lock - Create Shortcut in Windows

How to Create a Desktop Shortcut to Turn Num Lock ON or OFF
Published 06 Feb 2013
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How to Create a Desktop Shortcut to Turn Num Lock ON or OFF

information   Information
Some modern laptop keyboards have no Num Lock key. Instead the user needs to set Num Lock in BIOS.

Various applications might turn Num Lock ON or OFF without user knowing of it.

This tutorial will show you how to create a shortcut to turn the Num Lock on or off when you want to in XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.



This is how:

1. Open Notepad

2. Copy the following code into a new text document:

Code:
set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.SendKeys "{NUMLOCK}"
3. Select Save as type: All Files (*.*), name the file as you wish and give it a .vbs extension to save your file as a Visual Basic Script:
Num Lock - Create Shortcut in Windows-numlock_1.png
4. Create a shortcut for your NumLock script on your desktop (Create Shortcut & Change Shortcut Icon tutorials)


Note   Note
Now you have a Num Lock shortcut which toggles NumLock ON and OFF every time it is clicked. Please notice that when script is run it gives you no sign or message; it simply turns Num Lock ON if it was OFF and vice versa.



That's it,

Kari
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06 Feb 2013   #1
Brink

64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
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Texas
 
 
Nice tutorial Kari.

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06 Feb 2013   #2
Lady Fitzgerald

Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
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What I would like to be able to do is disable the NUM LOCK key so it stays on all the time. I'm constantly fat fingering the stupid thing.
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06 Feb 2013   #3
maxie

windows 7 home 64bit
544 posts
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Cheers Kari that will be handy
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06 Feb 2013   #4
Kari

Windows 7 x64 Ultimate
12,421 posts
A Finnish immigrant in Leipzig, Germany
 
 
Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by maxie View Post
Cheers Kari that will be handy
Thanks.

Strangely enough it does not work on one laptop out of four I tested now.

Kari
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06 Feb 2013   #5
maxie

windows 7 home 64bit
544 posts
Belfast Ireland
 
 
Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Kari View Post
Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by maxie View Post
Cheers Kari that will be handy
Thanks.

Strangely enough it does not work on one laptop out of four I tested now.

Kari
It works on mine though
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06 Feb 2013   #6
z3r010

Windows 8 Pro
36,161 posts
Standish, Lancashire, England
 
 
Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald View Post
What I would like to be able to do is disable the NUM LOCK key so it stays on all the time. I'm constantly fat fingering the stupid thing.
Fix here
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06 Feb 2013   #7
Brink

64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
46,982 posts
Texas
 
 
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06 Feb 2013   #8
Lady Fitzgerald

Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
1,339 posts
At home.
 
 
Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by z3r010 View Post
Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Lady Fitzgerald View Post
What I would like to be able to do is disable the NUM LOCK key so it stays on all the time. I'm constantly fat fingering the stupid thing.
Fix here
Oh, that was cold! Cold, man. That said,
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14 Feb 2013   #9
Imold

Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) Service Pack 1
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Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by Kari View Post
Quote   Quote: Originally Posted by maxie View Post
Cheers Kari that will be handy
Thanks.

Strangely enough it does not work on one laptop out of four I tested now.

Kari
Well you can always use the num lock key on the on-screen keyboard.
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