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Author: Peter <peter@minskio.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 13:50:08 +0100
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+title: "Unable to type apostrophes in Windows"
+date: 2022-07-15T10:53:00
+tags: ["Snippets", "Software", "Windows"]
+---
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+Randomly one day, my keyboard just straight up stopped entering the apostrophe character. No real reason why, Windows gonna Windows I guess.
+
+Anyway, after trying to clean the contacts, unplug and replug the keyboard, reboot, try another keyboard, I gathered it has to be something in software. I'm not one to shy away from remapping keys, but quitting [my program](https://github.com/breadcat/ahk-assistant) also made no difference.
+
+I eventually narrowed it down to it being assigned as a dead key used for shortcuts to swap between languages. The fix was mercifully pretty simple (once you know where to look).
+
+* Windows + R
+* `intl.cpl`
+* Formats tab
+* Language preferences link
+* Language page
+* Keyboard button in the top 5 icons
+* Language bar options link
+* Advanced Key Settings tab
+* Change Key Sequence button
+* Switch Input Language > Not Assigned
+* Switch Keyboard Language > Not Assigned
+* OK
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