PowerToys change the shortcut Find my mouse to Right Ctrl

Left Ctrl is common key so PowerToys Find my mouse sometime has wrong behavior if you mistake twice press Left Ctrl key.

So I decide modify, make shortcut to Right Ctrl to avoid it.

This modify has done on version v0.55.1, find old version below.

SHA256
4df887740fc3c0fc4675ca79829a47740d7343613c6fbd337603ab0a542d1b0e

How to change shortcut key Find my mouse :

  1. Exit PowerToys by Right click in tray icon -> Exit
  2. Open PowerToys install folder `C:\Program Files\PowerToys\modules\MouseUtils` (location maybe different if you customized when install)
  3. Rename `PowerToys.FindMyMouse.dll` to `PowerToys.FindMyMouse.dll.origin`
  4. Download Modified PowerToys.FindMyMouse.dll and put to same folder above
  5. Run PowerToys again, Enjoy!

How to revert default:

In case you have problem then can use backed up file for revert.

  1. Exit PowerToys by Right click in tray icon -> Exit
  2. Rename `PowerToys.FindMyMouse.dll` to `PowerToys.FindMyMouse.dll.modified` or Delete it.
  3. Rename `PowerToys.FindMyMouse.dll.origin` to `PowerToys.FindMyMouse.dll`
  4. Run PowerToys again, Done!

Old version:

Do same above just download other file

v0.53.3

Download Modified FindMyMouse.dll
SHA256
1ac2a18e4b2dd2daafb6a86cccf52f9f040cc8d170683e61c4fcaae39224a205

v0.51.1

Download Modified FindMyMouse.dll
SHA256
44f025742b0c8b5475a044288a151c2ec35b40d80e38da9212ca9c470f67633b

2 thoughts on “PowerToys change the shortcut Find my mouse to Right Ctrl

  1. I want 69.0.1

    1. Hi, with latest powertoys you can setting it easy without any modification. Please check latest version

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