Forthcoming Windows 11 build allows remapping of the Copilot key!

[thewayne]

It was announced a while back that the new standard PC keyboard would now have a Microsoft Copilot key on it that would launch Microsoft's AI/LLM assistant. A new developer build has been released that allows that key to be remapped for other functionality than to launch Copilot, presumably one such option is to make it a dead key entirely in the event of accidental strikes.

If your keyboard does not have this key, running this remap doesn't do anything.

I've seen the Copilot key in the wild, but a lot of the third-party keyboards still don't have it. Knowing that I can turn it off is a nice thing for me. I have used Copilot before, it's mildly useful and nice that you don't have to sign in to it like ChatGPT. But I find the image generator to be useless for creating comics.

https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-11-dev-build-261201930-is-out-with-copilot-key-remapping-windows-sandbox-and-more/

Comments

[ranunculus]

It is totally useless when, instead of Microsoft, one is running Linux Mint. ;)

[thewayne]

Quite true!  I'm sure the key is easily remapped under Linux to something useful.

[arlie]

The fewer keys, gestures, clickable icons that do something I will never want, the better.

[disneydream06]

I think I can pilot myself. :o
Hugs, Jon

[thewayne]

I dunno, Jon - I've read an awful lot about your antics.... ROFLMAO!

[disneydream06]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good point. :p

[silveradept]

Oh, good. I can hope that our managers of computers will allow for this remap, or instead remap it away to something else, as I do not want Copilot invoked on any machine of mine, intentionally or otherwise.

[thewayne]

I would imagine that they'll deactivate it.  You can invoke Copilot/Bing through a browser, no reason to screw up people's workflow through accidental key strikes.

[silveradept]

You would think, but my IT temporized on whether to disable Copilot entirely when it arrives, instead of doing so, so I think they may be similarly reluctant to disable or remap the key when it comes live.

[thewayne]

Have to hope for the best.  They might turn it off if your director asks, just have to wait and see.