How do I disable CTRL+W in Internet Explorer?

I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.

I don't ever want to use it.

When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever I've
been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.

Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.

How can I do this?

I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this (it even
took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W shortcut!).

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Pendant wrote:
> I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
>
> I don't ever want to use it.
>
> When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
> I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
>
> Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
>
> How can I do this?
>
> I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
> (it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
> shortcut!).
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas.

How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?

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Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this.

Doctor: Don't do it.

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Pendant wrote:
> I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
>
> I don't ever want to use it.
>
> When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever I've
> been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
>
> Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
>
> How can I do this?
>
> I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this (it even
> took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W shortcut!).
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas.
>

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Pendant wrote:
> > I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
> >
> > I don't ever want to use it.
> >
> > When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
> > I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
> >
> > Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
> >
> > How can I do this?
> >
> > I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
> > (it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
> > shortcut!).
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any ideas.
>
> How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?
>

You can certainly ask, although I'm only partially puzzled as to why you do
- I can only assume that you believe that this is unlikely.

It's not only not unlikely, it's actually quite a distinct possibility, if
you're using the Dvorak keyboard layout: CTRL+W is right next to CTRL+V.

Hence my desire to disable this potentially destructive shortcut.

Pendant wrote:
> I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
>
> I don't ever want to use it.
>
> When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
> I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
>
> Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
>
> How can I do this?
>
> I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
> (it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
> shortcut!).

Looking around - I have found an inordinate number of references to the
CTRL+W One google search for it will bring up MANY hits) - but disabling
it...

List of the shortcuts in Windows XP/etc:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Win...dc5661033.mspx

I found how to disable all of the new "EXTRA" shortcut keys in Vista:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/

Maybe someone else will come up with something.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Pendant wrote:
> I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
>
> I don't ever want to use it.
>
> When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
> I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
>
> Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
>
> How can I do this?
>
> I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
> (it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
> shortcut!).
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?

Pendant wrote:
> You can certainly ask, although I'm only partially puzzled as to
> why you do - I can only assume that you believe that this is
> unlikely.
>
> It's not only not unlikely, it's actually quite a distinct
> possibility, if you're using the Dvorak keyboard layout: CTRL+W is
> right next to CTRL+V.
>
> Hence my desire to disable this potentially destructive shortcut.

The Dvorak layout usage is uncommon - at least in my experience. It may
well be different where you are located or by preference but yes - you have
pinpointed my confusion.

QWERTY layout causes it to be less often an accidental press, as CTRL+Q and
CTRL+E aren't really used all that much I would presume. ;-)

Thank you for indulging my curiosity and broadening my thought processes on
the matter.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
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Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:15:34 -0600 from Shenan Stanley
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> Pendant wrote:
> > I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
> >
> > When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
> > I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
> >
> > Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
>
> How do you - might I ask - accidentally press CTRL+W?

Isn't it obvious? "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
get rid of it. Whoops! the focus was somewhere other than I thought,
so I got rid of a window I want to keep instead of one I wanted to
get rid of."

And there's also "I'm done with this window now, so I'll Ctrl-W to
get rid of it. Whoops! I just realized I still needed that window
after all."

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/

Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:36:20 -0600 from Shenan Stanley
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> QWERTY layout causes it to be less often an accidental press, as
> CTRL+Q and CTRL+E aren't really used all that much I would presume.

Two types of accidents (or more): (1) pressing a key you didn't mean
to press, and (2) pressing a key you *did* mean to press, but making
a mistake about the desired action.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to: it's
been my life work." -- Marie Dressler, in /Dinner at Eight/

> I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
>
> I don't ever want to use it.
>
> When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
> I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
>
> Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
>
> How can I do this?
>
> I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
> (it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
> shortcut!).
>
> Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Spend the time you're using to persue this little detail instead for
improving your typing accuracy and you'll find yourself miles ahead of
the game. You're in for a long and bumpy ride if something that simple
bothers you that much, that often, etc. etc..
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Regards,

Twayne

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www.openoffice.org

Please respond to the newsgroup, not to
my e-mail, so that all may benefit. I do not
always respond to newsgroup e-mails.

"In for a long and bumpy ride"? I've been on it ever since computers were
invented.

This problem situation does not arise very often, it's true.

When it DOES happen, sod's law says that it will be disastrous.

The time taken to 'pursue this little detail' is far less costly than the
time it can take to compose a single time-sensitive email (for instance).

I believe that it makes perfect sense to try to discover a solution to such
a situation; finding one will not only enable me to avoid a needless
irritation, it will also enable me to assist others who are in the same boat.

Thinks: why is it that whenever someone points out that something is flawed,
there are always many people who delight in claiming that it isn't?

"Twayne" wrote:

> > I never use CTRL+W to close all windows.
> >
> > I don't ever want to use it.
> >
> > When I press it by mistake it sometimes results in loss of whatever
> > I've been working on, with no warning, and no recovery.
> >
> > Naturally, I want to disable this annoying shortcut.
> >
> > How can I do this?
> >
> > I've searched and cannot find anything that tells me how to do this
> > (it even took a while before I found a reference to the CTRL+W
> > shortcut!).
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any ideas.
>
> Spend the time you're using to persue this little detail instead for
> improving your typing accuracy and you'll find yourself miles ahead of
> the game. You're in for a long and bumpy ride if something that simple
> bothers you that much, that often, etc. etc..
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Twayne
>
> OO0 is a GREAT MS Office replacement
> www.openoffice.org
>
> Please respond to the newsgroup, not to
> my e-mail, so that all may benefit. I do not
> always respond to newsgroup e-mails.
>
>
>
>