Windows 11 Disabling Office Key (ALT+SHIFT+CTRL+WIN) hotkeys

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I have a cat. She is lovely, but likes to rest on my keyboard from time to time. I would rather this not open Word, Excel, etc.Some Googling revealed that these hotkeys to open Office apps can't be easily disabled, which seems like a crude oversight. There is no world where I would ever decide to open Word by pressing ALT+SHIFT+CTRL+WIN+W. I do not know how to specifically disable the various app hotkeys in registry. Fixes with AutoHotKey to block the combination or with a startup script to kill Explorer and take control before rebooting Explorer all seem convoluted and hacky.Surely there is a

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