Caps Lock Key Status

Caps Lock

A utility program that gives an on-screen display and audible indication of the Caps Lock key status. The program will beep the internal computer speaker approximately every five seconds whilst the Caps Lock is on.

You can move the display to anywhere on the screen. Left click on the text area and drag it to where you want. Click on the small grey button at the right hand side to Exit.

Caps Lock can be made to automatically run when when the computer starts by placing the program or a link to it in the Startup folder. If you are not familiar with how to do this and prefer to use a standard Windows installation package, see the Windows Installer section below.

Acknowledgement is given to Joakim Christiansen for his Desktop Clock code example which has been slightly modified to provide the text display for Caps Lock.

Click on the Zip icon to download caps_lock.zip. This contains the Caps Lock.exe program file and a Read Me text file. File size is 8.67 Kb. Extract the program file Caps Lock.exe and run it. No installation is required. Requires Windows ®. Tested with Windows XP and 2000.
MD5: b8d19960c970088e9b6bcc7a32023131

Caps Lock.exe is only 17.5 Kb in size when extracted from the zip file.
MD5: 01ec029f66c360a6bb9aaaf343db6dca

Windows Installer

I have created a standard Windows installation package (tested with Windows 2000 and XP) for users who prefer to install programs in this way. Download the caps_lock_setup.zip file, extract Setup.exe and run it.

Setup will place a shortcut link in the Startup folder of the current user (Windows 2000, XP) so that when you start the computer Caps Lock will run automatically.

Click on the Zip icon to download caps_lock_setup.zip. Requires Windows ®. File size is 56.5 Kb. Tested with Windows XP and 2000.
MD5: 837ec62f95a30510613a6946db6fd166

Version Notes

1.1.0.0 March 2007. No Taskbar button displayed when running.
1.0.0.0 February 2007. Original Release.