Windows 10: CTRL + F Combination not working in any application

Hi Community,



I encounter a problem with one of our systems:

CTRL + F Combination not working in any application



I have checked the following:

1. Windows Updates

2. Use another Keyboard

3. Try other combinations. ctrl + a etc, Those are working



I have searched online for solutions:

1. re-register oleacc.dll file

2. sfc /scannow



The first option did nothing.

The second option after restarting the system did work for a couple of minutes but than the issue reappears. If I than execute the second step again it will tell me that it could not find any corrupted files.



The colleague where this is happening is a software developer at our company. Reinstalling windows is a last resort option.

I was not able to find any solution online. Maybe some of you have already encountered this and know how to fix this. If more information is needed please let me know!

I did not really know what the Windows topics should be so if I submit it wrong please let me know!

:)

 

Ctrl + C key Combination is not working in my windows 10 Laptop

Ctrl + C key combination is not working in windows 10 laptop. Other Ctrl Combination is working. i tried reinstalling the drivers but didn't help.

this problem is not applicable to one application but to all apps. Please Suggest a solution.

 

CTRL+F hotkey broken

Hello all,

the problem is that I can't trigger the find/search function by using CTRL+F, in any of the software on my desktop PC. It is as if the CTRL+F combination does not trigger the find/search function. I can't find out what has overridden this hotkey and I hope
one of you can help me with it. It is extremely annoying. Oh and so you don't have to ask: as far as I know the combinations and have tried them, all the other hotkey combinations DO WORK. Except for this precious code/text crawler CTRL+F.

So, the situation is the following. The motherboard of my previous desktop died (specifically the VRM was giving a lot of hardware problems). Luckily I could take over another motherboard+cpu combination from someone else. After completely reinstalling windows
10 on this machine (by using USB boot drive) I installed most of the software I needed for study and work. Also installing office 365 and I had no problems with CTRL+F not working, yet.

Anyway, a couple of days later I had to go through a lot of text and code, and my CTRL+F did not work anymore. Well, that was weird. So I started looking around. I came across some hardware related issues and broken files issues, however no solutions did the
trick for me. I really don't want to reinstall windows and all the other software again, so please come with a simple fix or maybe a .dll that I can just place in the right location.

Edit (20180314@1221): I could mention that I installed and uninstalled Skype quite often, because the new skype just enrages me and after following the carefully placed traps in the "where can I download the old skype?" threads I gave up on it. It would be
really weird that the repeatedly installing&uninstalling caused the CTRL+F to get killed, however I have seen users who are *not so happy with the new skype* miss the search option (including using CTRL+F) in chats in the new Skype. Edit2: Actually, I just
downloaded the classic skype now so that makes me happy again. but it did not resolve the CTRL+F triggering the search option.

To sum up what I tried:

1 tried: Ctrl+F does not work or bring up Find On This Page

1 result: both things did not work.

2. tried: using CTRL+F in other software.

2. result: broken everywhere.

3. tried: using alternative keys for find/search, i.e. using F3.

3. result: F3 works in Edge, Firefox. All other applications need CTRL+F.

4. tried: other hotkey combinations along with CTRL+F. Upon clicking CTRL+WIN+F.

4. result: showing pop-up "Find Computers" with an error "Find in the Directory: The active Directory Domain Services is currently unavailable".

5. tried: booting in safe mode (network enabled).

5. result:
CTRL+F worked everywhere.

6. tried: keyboard drivers. Updating. Removing and scanning for changes, re-installing. Removing and rebooting computer.

6. result: CTRL+F not working either.

7. tried: other keyboard hardware (wireless usb, USB3.0 slot).

7. result: CTRL+F not working either.

8. tried: autohotkey to use CTRL+F.

8. result: CTRL+F not working either.

So, what can it be that it works in safe mode and not in regular mode? What should I do?

edit: 2018-03-14@18:30 format of point 5.

 

CTRL+F doesn't work

I don't know why but CTRL+F stopped working completely for me on all applications. I've tried things like uninstalling the keyboard driver and reinstalling it, and all the keys definitely work individually (for example I can use CTRL+SHIFT+F just fine for
some applications that allow that), no other shortcuts seem to be affected, just CTRL+F. I've also tried an SFC scan and nothing changed. I've also tried to just make a macro to press CTRL+F using my mouse/keyboard software but both don't work, so it seems
there is a problem with the shortcut itself.

Ideally, I'd prefer not having to reinstall to fix it. So if anyone knows how to fix this I'd really appreciate it.

I am using Windows Ver 1903 running the latest update. I think this issue may have arisen when I updated from 1809 to 1903, but I'm not exactly sure and I updated a few months ago.