It seems that Microsoft’s products creating more and more foos. This time it is Lync, also known as Skype for Business.
It is okay, that Lync uses the Enter key to send a message or the CTRL-Enter combination start a call. But it is not okay that there is no way to change these key combinations. Especially when all other instant messengers that I use, default to CTRL-Enter to send a message.
So now I have to use Lync at work, which starts a call when I want to send a message and no direct way of changing it. The only thing that is possible, is removing the CTRL-Enter key combination so that I don’t accidentally start a call.
A solution is described in a TechNet blog post. So here is what worked for me in Lync 2013 (a.k.a. Office 15.0).
First open the registry editor (regedit.exe) and navigate to the following key. If you have a different Lync/Office version you might just change the version number. Create the missing pieces of the key, if necessary. In my case I only found the Microsoft part and had to create everything else.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Lync\DisabledShortcutKeysCheckBoxes
Create a new string value inside that key:
Value Name: CtrlEnter Value Data: 13,8
Restart Lync and the CTRL-Enter foo should be gone.
Update: Fixed the registry key (Lync, not Office). Thank you Karel, for pointing that out to me.