Disable Specific Keyboard Shortcuts

Statto

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I found some great source code from a website (https://www.rondebruin.nl/win/s4/win012.htm) that enables you to disable the user's ability to use keyboard shortcuts. I've used the blocks of code that disable/enable all keyboard shortcuts — not just ones that are listed.

I'd like to adapt the code so that I can disable all keyboard shortcuts, but still list any exemptions at the bottom. For example, the following will block all attempted keyboard shortcuts, but how can I allow Ctrl + X, Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V, Alt + F8 and any others to be exempt?

Code:
[/COLOR][COLOR=#3366CC]Sub Disable_Keys()[/COLOR]
    Dim StartKeyCombination As Variant
    Dim KeysArray As Variant
    Dim Key As Variant
    Dim I As Long

    On Error Resume Next

   [COLOR=black] 'Shift key = "+"  (plus sign)
    'Ctrl key = "^"   (caret)
    'Alt key = "%"    (percent sign
    'We fill the array with this keys and the key combinations
    'Shift-Ctrl, Shift- Alt, Ctrl-Alt, Shift-Ctrl-Alt
[/COLOR]
    For Each StartKeyCombination In Array("+", "^", "%", "+^", "+%", "^%", "+^%")

        KeysArray = Array("{BS}", "{BREAK}", "{CAPSLOCK}", "{CLEAR}", "{DEL}", _
                    "{DOWN}", "{END}", "{ENTER}", "~", "{ESC}", "{HELP}", "{HOME}", _
                    "{INSERT}", "{LEFT}", "{NUMLOCK}", "{PGDN}", "{PGUP}", _
                    "{RETURN}", "{RIGHT}", "{SCROLLLOCK}", "{TAB}", "{UP}")

       [COLOR=black] 'Disable the StartKeyCombination key(s) with every key in the KeysArray[/COLOR]
        For Each Key In KeysArray
            Application.OnKey StartKeyCombination & Key, ""
        Next Key

        [COLOR=black]'Disable the StartKeyCombination key(s) with every other key[/COLOR]
        For I = 0 To 255
            Application.OnKey StartKeyCombination & Chr$(I), ""
        Next I

        [COLOR=black]'Disable the F1 - F15 keys in combination with the Shift, Ctrl or Alt key[/COLOR]
        For I = 1 To 15
            Application.OnKey StartKeyCombination & "{F" & I & "}", ""
        Next I

    Next StartKeyCombination


    [COLOR=black]'Disable the F1 - F15 keys[/COLOR]
    For I = 1 To 15
        Application.OnKey "{F" & I & "}", ""
    Next I

    [COLOR=black]'Disable the PGDN and PGUP keys[/COLOR]
    Application.OnKey "{PGDN}", ""
    Application.OnKey "{PGUP}", "" [COLOR=#3366CC]End Sub[/COLOR][COLOR=#333333]
 

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