Disable Internet Explorer 8 Developer Tools

Question

Is there a way to either disable Internet Explorer 8 Developer Tools, or at least change the shortcut key mapping?

I'm working on an ASP.NET AJAX app that has used the F12 key for a function for years (it's actually a hold over from the original DOS app). Customers have used this key for the sam function for nearly 15 years and we'd really like to avoid having to move that function.

Cheers

Answer 1

Add a DWORD value with the name "Disabled" to

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IEDevTools

and give it the value "1"