WinEQ2

[Belambic]

I have tried using WinEQ2 with P99, it works ok, but for some reason hitting the ESC key causes it to immediately exit Everquest if there's nothing else that the escape key affects, like the inventory or having something selected. As soon as the escape key should be doing nothing, it exits the game.
Is there anything I can do, other than not using the escape key, to prevent this from happening?