Make windows button on keyboard default to search

Question

The Start Menu no longer holds any value to me, as its functionality is better reached in other ways.

Whenever I use , it still opens the vestigial Start Menu, I start typing, and the menu switches over to Search; I'd rather skip the middle man and have  immediately trigger search rather than the Start Menu.

Is there any direct, clean way to achieve this particular remapping, otherwise I'd be equally happy if it could trigger the CTRL+ALT+DEL screen instead?

Weckar E. · Answer

Using AutoHotKey (Thanks, JW0914; twice), I found a passable solution.
Solution works for Windows 10 (most scripts on Google don't!)
; -- This is where we block the normal key function (but not combinations) --
LWin & vk07::return
LWin::return
RWin & vk07::return
RWin::return

; -- This is where we override functionality --
LWin Up:: 
Send #s

Bashar Al-Abdulhadi · Answer

Use Microsoft's Mouse and Keyboard Center to reassign keys as you like:

Download and install Mouse and Keyboard Center.
Connect the keyboard that you want to configure.
Start button → Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center
From the displayed list of key names, select the key you want to reassign.
In the command list of the key that you want to reassign, select a command.

Make windows button on keyboard default to search

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