Prevent Key Presses from Leaving Application

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I want to essentially absorb key presses.

I'm currently using key preview on my main form and have an event handler for a key press that checks if the windows key is pressed. Is there a way to prevent the key press for leaving the application and opening the start menu?

There is an option for specific controls to suppress a key press, is there a way to suppress a key press to Windows?

If you are just trying to disable the windows key there are easier ways to do this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216893 — Mike Marynowski, Nov 24 '12 at 18:15
Google "C# kiosk app" to find out what else you need to worry about. — Hans Passant, Nov 24 '12 at 18:18

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 24 '12 at 18:10

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The only way to intercept keyboard events outside your application is with P/Invoke SetWindowsHookEx. This will set a global callback to keyboard events agnostic of the focused application.

answered Nov 24 '12 at 18:10

Brandon Moretz

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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Several places to start looking:

How to disable windows startmenu using vb.net?
Disable Windows Key [Resolved] - has a reference to SetWindowsHookEx
Disable CONTROL + ALT + DELETE and Windows(win) Key in Windows 7 using Win32 application

edited May 23 '17 at 12:12

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answered Nov 24 '12 at 19:14

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Prevent Key Presses from Leaving Application

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