With AutoHotKey http://www.autohotkey.com/ you can make keys do just about
anything. Here is a script that makes the CapsLock key run freecell:

CapsLock::Run C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\FREECELL.EXE

AutoHotKey is freeware.

Randy Scarborough

<sahteaccount******.com> wrote in message
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>I know that one can assign keyboard shortcuts in windows. But they are
> all assigned as ctrl+alt+<key> or winkey+<key>.
>
> Is there a way to assign just a single key to do a specific task? For
> example, I don't use caps lock at all, so I would like to assign it to
> do something else.
>
> Thanks
>
>