Can I get Skyrim to remember my custom keybindings?

When I change a key in Skyrim, upon restart Skyrim it doesn't seem to have remembered that change. This is not the result of crashing, I just properly exit Skyrim from the menu.

Some keys (like J for Journal) are a bit out of reach, while I frequently want to look what quest I have to do next without having to go and press J to get to the quests and the even further M (on Azerty) to get to the maps. There are still some keys available for me in the left half of the keyboard, I would prefer using them instead. But apparently, rebinding the keys only works until I exit Skyrim...

Is there a fix to this bug?

Solution 1:

1. Download the TakeOwnership zip from here
2. Use the installtakeownership.reg
3. Go to skyrim in your program files.
4. Right click on the skyrim folder and click on the new take ownership button.

Go remap your keys and see if it saves them now.

Solution 2:

Right-click the launcher, and 'Run as administrator'. Makes your changes, and exit the game. Next time you enter the game normally, the changes should have stuck. The key-bindings are classed as game files, so they cannot be over-written without admin permissions.

Solution 3:

Here is the solution I tried. Someone posted it earlier:

• Right click on the Icon and "Run as Administrator"
• Inside the game, Change the settings/control keys
• Save the game and close it back to the desktop.

When you log back in, the preferences and controls should be saved.