Windows 10: Windows key works as a media play/pause button

After reinstalling windows 10 Home to my laptop i have faced this error. Whenever i push the windows button it works as play/pause button. I have tried sfc /scannow and got no corrupt files on my computer. ps. I also tried pushing the button in Tails OS but i got the same result.

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Media buttons not working (play pause skip ...) Spotify


Hi




First off: My drivers are up to date as from August 15, 2015 and it didn't solve anything.




The problem:

My media buttons (the ones on my keyboard {picture below} of my Razer keyboard and my HP Spectre x360 Laptop) don't skip, pause or play a song in Spotify anymore. To explain more clearly I made a video about it on YouTube where I illustrate the issue. I read about disabling Windows media player sharing network service in system configuration but as soon as I'm out of that window or close the system configuration window then the media buttons don't work (regardless of the fact that the Win Media play sharing netw. is on or off (after pressing apply). It's all illustrated in the video though, so if it's not clear what I mean check out the video.




Hope someone has a solution to this!

 

Windows key is acting as a play/pause button

I did not upgrade to Windows 2004 (I'm using Windows 1909 right now), but resetting it did the trick. Maybe downgrading it to 1909 could fix the issue. Temporarily, this can be fixed by using some remapper software like SharpKeys. The key that is being
wrongly pressed by Windows while trying to use Winkey is E0_22 (Media: Play/Pause), you can remap it to Special: Left Windows (E0_5B), though it will disable the pause buttons on your keyboard and the other windows special key (the right one). Hope to be of
any help.

 

Windows key is acting as a play/pause button

I recently resetted my windows and now the WinKey is acting as a play/pause button.

edit: I just used a key remapper (keytweak) to fix it