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How to prevent Windows 10 from automatically adding keyboard layouts (i.e. US keyboard)
To fix this issue, delete the Preload registry folder and sign out or restart the computer:
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Keyboard Layout\Preload
This folder seems to be some legacy remnant that contains non-...
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Can I disable the "Alt+Shift" shortcut to change language in windows 8.1 (or Windows 10)?
Windows 10 / Windows 11
June, 2024
This comment reports solution works on Windows 2004 also.
Press the Windows key, type Advanced keyboard settings and then press Enter
Input language hot keys (...
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Set shortcuts to change keyboard layout in Windows 10?
In Windows 10 version 1809 (also versions 1903, 1909, 2004, 20H2), the setting described in the accepted answer is here:
Settings -> Time & Language -> Language -> Spelling, typing, & ...
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How to prevent Windows 10 from automatically adding keyboard layouts (i.e. US keyboard)
Actually, the solution is quite simple and requires no registry editing!
Go to to Region and Language (previously named Language preferences), click on English (United States) and go to Options.
If ...
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Set shortcuts to change keyboard layout in Windows 10?
The menu in the accepted answer does not exist in Control Panel anymore on Windows 10 version 1803 (not sure about 1709 and older).
But the same setting is accessible from Modern Settings app → Time &...
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Can I disable the "Alt+Shift" shortcut to change language in windows 8.1 (or Windows 10)?
Under Windows 10, another lazier way to achieve the same goal is to run the following command line.
"C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe" Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL input.dll,,{C07337D3-DB2C-4D0B-9A93-...
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How to prevent Windows 10 from automatically adding keyboard layouts (i.e. US keyboard)
I found the answer after an hour as of now for build:
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
OS Version: 10.0.18362 N/A Build 18362
This will work even after restarting.
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Set shortcuts to change keyboard layout in Windows 10?
Windows key + Space is the new shortcut for switching keyboard layout!
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Windows 10 April 2018 Update added an extra Language and I cannot remove it
Finally found a solution using PowerShell.
You can view your language list with Get-WinUserLanguageList
$1 = New-WinUserLanguageList en-US
Set-WinUserLanguageList $1
now you can check again your ...
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Windows 10 showing more keyboards than configured
I experienced the same issue.. I managed to fix it by adding the exact same keyboard in Settings (like it's not already added) and then removing it.
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Using CapsLock to switch the keyboard language layout on Windows-7
Use lswitch.
Use any key to switch input languages, usage: lswitch [keycode].
Keycode is optional and defaults to context menu key. Another good
candidate is a CapsLock key with a keycode of 20.
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How to prevent Windows 10 from automatically adding keyboard layouts (i.e. US keyboard)
This is not the permanent fix, but a handy batch file which adds en-US keyboard layout and then removes it (you have to first add it to be able to remove it).
Remove_en-US.xml:
<gs:...
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Windows 10 April 2018 Update added an extra Language and I cannot remove it
Just trying to improve naduvko's answer.
You can directly specify the entire list of languages when running the PowerShell script.
Like this:
$1=New-WinUserLanguageList en-US
$1.Add("nl-NL")
$1.Add(...
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Set Google Chrome spelling to US English
Go to macOS System Preferences > Keyboard > Text > Spelling, click Set Up, and in the popup menu, select U.S. English and drag it to the top of the list.
Also, see this question at apple....
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How do I change the input language for Emoji keyboard in Windows 10?
A picture is worth a thousand words:
Above examples snipped from emoji picker started using Win + . i.e. Windows logo key + . (period) during text entry…
Tested using the following language ...
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My windows keyboard is being "clever" with the quote keys - how can I stop it?
Windows 10 here.
+ Space did not work for me. It changed between languages - not keyboards. This is how I solved the problem:
Opening Settings.
+ I (like India)
OR Start > Settings
"Time &...
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Can I disable the "Alt+Shift" shortcut to change language in windows 8.1 (or Windows 10)?
The option seems to have moved yet again for the latest Windows 10 update, at least for me (I no longer have a "Language" icon in the Control Panel).
Open the Region & Language settings applet.
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Remove a language from the language bar in WIndows 10
To solve the language keep adding itself issue follow these steps:
go to Control Panel -> Language
from the sidebar select "Change date, time, or number formats"
select "Administrative" tab.
in the "...
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How to set a different input method for each app window
Update for Windows 10 at least 1809:
Switcher Let me set a different input method for each app window was moved to
Settings -> Time&Language -> Language -> Related Settings: Spelling,
typing,...
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Delete a keyboard layout in Windows 11
Adding Icelandic to your languages should allow you to remove it again.
Internally, keyboard layout configuration is still stored in the same place in the Registry as before and doesn't really have a ...
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Set shortcuts to change keyboard layout in Windows 10?
None of the answers work for me as of date; right now, to open "Text Services and Input Languages" one has to run the following:
Rundll32 Shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL input.dll,,{C07337D3-DB2C-4D0B-...
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How do I switch between languages on Windows 10 like I do in OS X?
If you want the exact behavior as in macOS, without having to configure, you can use Ctrl+Win+Space to switch between the two recently used languages, like what you get from Cmd+Space.
To switch to ...
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How to set proofing language regardless the keyboard layout on Windows?
Go to settings > Region & Language.
In "Languages" > Add a language.
Add the language that you want to use for language proofing.
Click on that new added language and hit "options".
Add the ...
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Cedilla with ' and c (dead key) for QT apps
Creating a file ~/.XCompose with the following content should do the trick:
include "%S/en_US.UTF-8/Compose"
<dead_acute> <C> : "Ç"
<dead_acute> <c> ...
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Can I keep Windows from defaulting printers to A4 paper?
Ok, i had a similar problem here and solved it with a somewhat hidden reg key in windows, at least in the recent Win10 (v2004).
Take a look at the reg key
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\...
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Remove a language from the language bar in WIndows 10
I found an answer that solved the problem for me.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/desktop/my-keyboard-layout-is-switching-automatically-by/98eda57a-c225-45b2-a233-42f21fadb0cd
The ...
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How to prevent Windows 10 from automatically adding keyboard layouts (i.e. US keyboard)
Theres is two places for keyboard configuration in windows 10,
control panel -> Language
The other is in setting just like your screenshot
Makes the changes there too, it should fix the problem.
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How to prevent Windows 10 from automatically adding keyboard layouts (i.e. US keyboard)
I didn't have 409 entry in the registry (see accepted anwer). The steps I took to remove English (US) from the quick selection menu:
Open "Language Preferences" from the quick selection menu.
Add ...
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Setting the default input method for the Windows 10 login screen
In addition to the accepted solution you should also save language for every application (when you switch between apps your language should also change).
Language preferences > Spelling, typing &...
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