# Pad2Key

The Pad2Key functionality enables the creation of a "per-game" controller to keyboard keys mapping, this is mostly used for old computers and old Windows games that are not compatible with a Gamepad.

You can create a pad2key profile for a system or for a specific game.

### Create a pad2key profile for a system

From the Game View press SELECT to open the [View Options](/navigation/view-options.md) menu and select **ADVANCED SYSTEM OPTIONS.**

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Select **EDIT PADTOKEY PROFILE.**

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Select the keys from your controller to assign to a keyboard button and press ![A](/files/oQmMDvGLPCQJiXNlol7Z), a virtual keyboard will appear.&#x20;

Select the keyboard key to affect to the pad button and repeat for all required buttons

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Once done, **SAVE.**

### Create a pad2key profile for a **game**

From the Game View long-press ![A](/files/oQmMDvGLPCQJiXNlol7Z) to access the [Game Options](/navigation/game-options.md) menu and select **CREATE PADTOKEY PROFILE.**

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### Get Pad2Key profiles from external sources

Pad2keys profiles files can be [scraped from screenscraper](/navigation/scraping-and-metadata.md).fr if the option is enabled.

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### Pad2Key file

The Pad2Key file is located near the game rom and has the same name as the game ROM with a .keys extension.

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Here is an example of a .keys file content

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