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ShiftControlEscape

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Blocks the Shift+Control+Escape key combination used to open Task Manager.

Type

String

Values

Value Description

Allowed

The Shift+Ctrl+Esc key combination is not blocked.

This is the default value.

Blocked

The Shift+Ctrl+Esc key combination is blocked.

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-KeyboardFilterService | ShiftControlEscape

Valid Configuration Passes

offlineServicing

Applies To

For a list of the Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-KeyboardFilterService.

XML example

<settings pass="offlineServicing">
    <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Embedded-KeyboardFilterService" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <ShiftControlEscape>Blocked</ShiftControlEscape>
    </component>
</settings>