Windows 10: Ctrl+Shift+Z freezing screen on Windows 10 after 12/26/2019

Just yesterday, I tried to use Ctrl+Shift+Z while on the drawing application "GIMP", and my screen froze. I could still move my mouse, but I could not click or interact with anything on screen, and the screen did not change it froze. I fixed this problem by using Ctrl+Shift+Z again, and just decided I would use Ctrl+Y for GIMP, but today, I realized that Ctrl+Shift+Z was not only for GIMP, and freezes my screen for whatever I am currently using Basically, did Microsoft add Ctrl+Shift+Z as some new shortcut?


Is this some sort of glitch? Or a new feature? Please let me know, and please tell me if I can change Ctrl+Shift+Z to my normal shortcut for "Redo", since it's really efficient and I'm really used to it, and I do not want to switch to Ctrl+Y for "Redo".

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Ctrl+Shift+Z shortcut unassignable

Here are the quick answers to your questions, and following, a more develop explanations.

1. Ctrl+Shift+Z is an already existing basic, known shortcut in all Adobe softwares for the "Redo" action. I am trying to use it and it’s not doing anything. Ctrl+Alt+V is a shortcut I am trying to assign to an action in the ebook conversion software Sigil.

2. Ctrl+Shift+Z for the already existing shortcut of the "Redo" action in Adobe softwares. Ctrl+Alt+V to a specific function in Sigil.

3. Ctrl+Shift+Z in all the Adobe Creative Suite, Ctrl+Alt+V in Sigil.

Actually the issue happened when I started my work on InDesign yesterday. As you must know, Ctrl+Shift+Z is a very common, basic shortcut for the "Redo" action. After that, I opened up Sigil and tried to assign Ctrl+Alt+V to a certain action, which is the
setting I put previously in my old laptop using Windows 8.

Then, when I noticed both didn’t work, I opened a software that makes me able to remap my keyboard and assign new keystrokes, key combinations, or even macro, to a single key (SteelSeries software going with my MSI gaming laptop), and tried different key
combinations. I saw that Ctrl+Shift+A was fully detected for exemple, but if I press Ctrl+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Alt+V, the software only detects Ctrl+Shift or Ctrl+Alt, and not the letter going to it.

Here is a screenshot of some tests I did in the SteelSeries software, testing key combinations. I tried Ctrl+Shift combined with respectively those letters, in this order: w / x / y / z

As you can see, the combinations with the W and with the Y are detected, but with the X and the Z, they aren’t. And if I tried to assigned as shortcut the combinations with the X and the Z in any software, they are also not detected.





Also, Ctrl+Alt+V is not detected anywhere as mentioned, but Shift+Ctrl+V is detected. Ctrl+Alt+Z and +X are also not detected. But any letter with only Ctrl, only Shift or only Alt are detected.

So the issue is happening in multiple softwares and seems to come from some letters not being detected when used in combination with Ctrl+Shift or Ctrl+Alt. Very weird.... I hope my explanations are clear.

 

Ctrl+Shift+Z shortcut unassignable

Hi,

I just bought a new MSI GS60 with Windows 10 installed. I noticed that the key combination Ctrl+Shift+Z is not recognized by any softwares. When I try to assign it as a shortcut, it stays undetected by all the softwares.

I tried closing all the running apps, and even starting in safe mode, it stays the same... which makes me think the issue is related to Windows and not from any apps installed by MSI.

I noticed another shortcut I was using before that is also not anymore assignable (Ctrl+Alt+V).

Any one as any idea what could cause this issue?

Thanks

 

Ctrl+Shift+Z shortcut unassignable

Hi Annabelle,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

To better assist you, please answer the following questions:

1. What exactly are you trying to use the shortcut keys for?

2. Are you trying to use the shortcut keys for a specific function?

3. Do you use the Ctrl+Shift+Z and Ctrl+Alt+V for a specific program?

Do get back to us with the response for further assistance.