registry Windows XP switch keyboards when you hit alt-shift


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Last updated at 11:18 am UTC on 4 November 2017

Windows XP has a feature which switches the keyboard layout when you press Alt-Shift (so it will change when you Alt-Shift-Click in Squeak). You can get the original layout back by pressing Alt-Shift again.

Here is how you permanently disable the switching:

Either load this registry editor script (for the brave and/or foolish; please look at it first!):

TurnOffKeyboardSwitching.reg

OR using the Windows GUI:

Go to the Task Bar, choose Settings
Open the Control panel
Open the Regional and Language options

Select the languages tab

Uploaded Image: regionalAndLanguageOptions-Languages.png

In the above dialog click on the "Details..." button
You will see the "Text Services and Input Languages"

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Click on the "Key Settings..." button in the above dialog
You will see the "Advanced Key Settings"

Click on "Change Key Sequence..." in the above dialog

Uncheck the keyboard shortcuts, so it looks like this:

Say "OK" to all those dialogs.