hi there! I hate to sign up and just dump my problems on you, but here I am, doing just that.
I've been running Windows 8 via bootcamp on my late-2013 MacBook Pro for about one month now, and surprisingly, it's took me this long to finally get fed up with the fact that it's ctrl-c instead of cmd-c for simple things like copy and paste. (Worse, my command key is bound to the start menu, so every time I try to copy and paste something I end up back at the start menu.)
I googled around for a solution to this issue, and found various freeware programs such as AutoHotKey, SharpKeys, and KeyTweak, and ran into issues with all of them. (Actually, I did not try SharpKeys, which has not been updated for Win 8, although I don't think KeyTweak was either. I was a bit hesitant to let a program not specifically designed for my OS muck with system files, as I've managed to corrupt my Windows partition many many times already.)
AutoHotKey has you make a file stating what you want to switch, for example,
should, in theory, if I'm doing this correctly, switch the functionality of the two keys so that they each function as the other. Alas, AutoHotKey does not recognize the Cmd key as a thing, and I'm unsure as to what it thinks the Cmd key actually is. (Does the windows key still send you back to start? I haven't used a windows OS more recent than XP.)
KeyTweak gave me a layout of a keyboard to pick which keys I wanted to switch, but it was laid out in a traditional 104-key fashion that is not at all like my MacBook keyboard.
I absolutely hate asking for help but if I accidentally press the command key one more time and get back to start I will probably throw a fit, so I hope you smart people here can help me. If you need more information or something just ask, and I'm sorry if someone already asked this that my google-fu didn't find.
(The easiest solution would be to switch the functionality in OS X in System Preferences and get over myself, but I'm rather fond of my command key. If only Windows was flexible enough to allow that.)
I've been running Windows 8 via bootcamp on my late-2013 MacBook Pro for about one month now, and surprisingly, it's took me this long to finally get fed up with the fact that it's ctrl-c instead of cmd-c for simple things like copy and paste. (Worse, my command key is bound to the start menu, so every time I try to copy and paste something I end up back at the start menu.)
I googled around for a solution to this issue, and found various freeware programs such as AutoHotKey, SharpKeys, and KeyTweak, and ran into issues with all of them. (Actually, I did not try SharpKeys, which has not been updated for Win 8, although I don't think KeyTweak was either. I was a bit hesitant to let a program not specifically designed for my OS muck with system files, as I've managed to corrupt my Windows partition many many times already.)
AutoHotKey has you make a file stating what you want to switch, for example,
Code:
Ctrl::Cmd
Cmd:Ctrl
KeyTweak gave me a layout of a keyboard to pick which keys I wanted to switch, but it was laid out in a traditional 104-key fashion that is not at all like my MacBook keyboard.
I absolutely hate asking for help but if I accidentally press the command key one more time and get back to start I will probably throw a fit, so I hope you smart people here can help me. If you need more information or something just ask, and I'm sorry if someone already asked this that my google-fu didn't find.
(The easiest solution would be to switch the functionality in OS X in System Preferences and get over myself, but I'm rather fond of my command key. If only Windows was flexible enough to allow that.)