For this, you'll need to download and install a program called SharpKeys. The first part of this will be dedicated to swapping out our Ctrl key for the Alt key, which mimics the Apple keyboard Cmd key placement. There's a few different methods out there, but I found a combination of two things that were easy to set up using free software, and have performed consistently well since I added them a few weeks ago.

I figured there had to be others like me out there who have solved this, so I went searching for a solution. The downside though is that my day-to-day work is on a MacBook, and (although I feel alone in this) I absolutely love using Alt instead of Ctrl for things like copying and pasting. The timing couldn't be perfect either, as Windows released WSL 2 recently and its performance with Docker Desktop has been incredible. Although of course I started tinkering here and there with programming on it, and eventually decided to go full in on making it a web dev machine. Want a more detailed walk-through? Keep reading!Ī few months ago I put together a pretty decent Windows PC, mostly for gaming.

Double-click the downloaded script to activate it.

Save this script somewhere on your machine.

Map Left Ctrl to Left Alt (and vice versa) in SharpKeys.

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