[Tom]

Shame I don’t have a 4k TV handy; just nipped into the thread to say I picked up : https://www.amazon.co.uk/CableCreation-USB-C-Macbook-Chromebook-Resolution/dp/B015RIVYJK , and I can confirm that it works great, audio + video.

Haven’t really bothered with the 4k thing yet, but my friend has so I’ll nip over there and try it, and report back.

[Tom]

That gives me a rough dimension to work with; thank you!

I can’t buy a clear one – the horse has very much bolted from the stable on that front- but I guess I can aim at a Surface 4 compatible back skin and go from there. Just worried about the edges not covering completely. I guess it looks like a case of either this or going down the spray-paint route!

[Tom]

I’ve played with this a little and found that the gesture you’re referring to sends win key and D as an input. There is a registry key you can add to disable win key shortcuts individually; if you don’t use Win-D, you can disable it and stop it happening.

1. Using regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\.
2. Add an expandable String Value named ‘DisabledHotkeys’
3. Simply add the shortcuts you don’t want (for this purpose, ‘D’) in there, and reboot.

The touchpad won’t minimize with a swipe anymore, but obviously the shortcut will be gone too. If that’s okay with you, there’s your answer.

Hope this helped somebody, anyway.

E: Had a look around and just want to clarify; this solution doesn’t disable the windows key entirely, and all of the other win+[key] shortcuts will keep working. It also doesn’t require third party software or scripts.

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