Disable the external editor or change F4 shortcut

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Disable the external editor or change F4 shortcut

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Hello,

How do I disable the external editor or change F4 shortcut? I must admit that I often press F4 instead of F5, which is annoying.
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Re: Disable the external editor or change F4 shortcut

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sorry but currently no way
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Re: Disable the external editor or change F4 shortcut

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Thx. No good. These buttons with such different actions are too close to each other.
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Re: Disable the external editor or change F4 shortcut

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you can remove system Edit command from file extension in windows registry, eg
1. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.png\Shell\Edit\command
2. delete data in (Default) string, eg
C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\mspaint.exe "%1"
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