How to Disable F1 Help
- 1). Go to the Windows desktop and click on the "Start" button. Select "Run" and then type "regedit" (without the quotation marks) into the "Run" text box that appears .
- 2). Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\HELPCTR.EXE. - 3). Double-click on the word "(Default)."
- 4). Modify the value so that it reads "C:\Windows\svchost.exe" (without the quotation marks).
- 5). Click "OK" and exit the registry editor. Restart your operating system to complete the job.