Overwatch WinKey Blocker - disable Windows keys when playing OW

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Hi all,

I have created a small and lightweight freeware application ‘OW WinKey Blocker’ that disables the Windows keys when playing Overwatch so one cannot inadvertently be thrown out of the game into the Windows Desktop.

I was not able to put links and images here to create a proper thread so if you are interested in the application, please check my reddit post here:

Thanks!

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I admire your effort, but tbh this is pretty useless since I’m pretty sure windows 10 already has that feature, and pretty much all fn keyboards have it too, but cool for older windows and keyboards :slight_smile:

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Thank you.

I decided to create a software solution after seeing a number of people complaining about it here on the official forums and on reddit. Apparently, most other Blizzard games automatically disable the Windows keys and Overwatch, for some reason, doesn’t.

Like you said, even if Win 10 has an option to disable the Win keys, there are still people like me running good old Win 7 and old school keyboards :). In any case, I do hope some people find it useful.