How to disable Alt+Esc shortcut on Windows 8?

Question

I'm trying for a week to disable the Alt+Esc shortcut in Windows 8, but I can't use any running tool like AutoHotKey.

Already searched in Regedit, Gpedit, Control Panel, and a lot of googling. However, I just found tutorials about disabling Win+X shortcuts or changing scancodes.

So, someone know how to disable only the Alt+Esc hotkey?

Solution

Well, the only partial solution which I can achieve, its to lock the application into full screen mode, and close all other applications which have a window context to be switched, in this way the shortcut don't get triggered.

Comments

[Mathias Lykkegaard Lorenzen]

Does this answer help? superuser.com/a/523832/62271

[wfzyx]

Unfortunately no, SharpKeys only change one scancode for another, I need to set a key combination (Alt+Esc) to 'null'

[and31415]

Windows doesn't provide a built-in way to turn off arbitrary hotkeys, and you can't use third-party tools. That pretty much rules out any possible solutions, short of manually patching the executable bits that handles Alt+Esc. Why do you need to disable it?

[wfzyx]

I can use third-party tools, but only if they write to a registry or something and can be closed/uninstalled from Windows. In a specific game I use Alt > Click > Esc > Alt > ... Doing this fast cause Alt+Esc and the game minimize, also any KeyBinding-OnTheFly is recognized as a cheat and shutdown the game-client.