Windows 10: I have just added a French Canadian Keyboard to my windows 10 laptop and cannot get the...

Windows 10 1909

I have just added a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 105 Key wired keyboard to my system. i updated the default input device to be the Fench Canadian Legacy option. the problem is when i perform the Alt- numbers key I don't get the proper characters appearing. so far only the Alt + 2 sequence generates the @ symbol as it should. otherwise all the other characters seem out of place. The hashtag key gives me ° the Alt +3 which should give me the British pound symbol is giving me the power of 3 character instead.


The double chevron right is giving me this ù


I installed the Keyboard suite from MS and still having issues.


Any help would be appreciated.

:)

 

canadian french keyboard missing


Hi,

New computer.

I could select the "Canadian French" language for the keyboard. This way I can use the blue characters on my HP omen.

Then I restarted, and there was windows updates.

Now, "Canadian French" keyboard disapeared ! I can use "French", but the keyboard is not good (I need the one using the blue keys).

How can I get back the "Canadian French" keyboard ?


Patrick

 

Accent grave on French Canadian Keyboard

I have the same problem and I think I know what it is, though I still do not have a good solution. The French Canadian keyboard configuration puts the u accent grave character on a key between the z and the left shift key, but my physical keyboard does not
have such a key.

The least bad solution I have found when typing in French (I am indeed and French Canadian, but living in the US and I can't actually buy a keyboard, let alone a laptop with that physical keyboard configuration here) is to use the ALT code (ALT + 151 or
ALT + 0249). Another possibility is to revert to the English US keyboard configuration (simply ALT + SHIFT, if you have set it up), type CTRL + ` and then u, and then come back to the French Canadian keyboard (ALT + SHIFT again) to continue writing.

Neither of these solutions is awesome and if someone knows of a way to get that character with a simpler set of keystroke on a French Canadian keyboard configuration but a US physical keyboard, I would love to hear it!

Cheers!

 

Keyboard languages are all over the place (English US/Canada, Canadian French)

I have to switch between multiple keyboard languages on a daily basis with Windows+Space, but the keyboard languages are all over the place, making switching between languages extremely annoying. I have a keyboard with US layout. These happen on both my
desktop and my laptop.

When I say "French (Canada)" or "Français (Canada)", I refer to the windows language.

When I say "Canadian French" and "Canadian French (Legacy)", I refer to the keyboard layouts

1. I have set Canada as my location, as it is where I live, but this causes the keyboard to randomly have both
English (United States) and
English (Canada) as languages despite the fact that I only have
English (United States) with
US keyboard in languages. They are exactly the same and I would like to somehow get rid of
English (Canada). Usually there is only one of them.

2. My french settings keep randomly switching. I usually use the Canadian French keyboard layout and I only have Canadian French in the languages settings under
French (Canada)

Sometimes, "Canadian French (Legacy)" (which behaves very differently when it comes to accents) is added and selected. I have never added "Canadian French (Legacy)" myself and it is not listed in settings despite appearing
in the language bar and being selectable and usable. In other words, it randomly adds and switches keyboards.

I used to be able to fix this by going into Languages/Français (Canada), adding some random layout (like dutch or whatever) so that I can remove
Canadian French (as it's the only one listed despite the fact that both
Canadian French and Canadian French (Legacy) are in the language bar), re-adding
Canadian French, and finally removing the random layout I added. This fix only works temporarily as it can happen again at any time and when rebooting.

This is driving me crazy as I have to switch between 4 different languages often (for example, accessing both french and english quotation marks) and this messes up big time with my muscle memory of Windows+Spacing to switch. If I miss the language I was
aiming for, I have to press space through all the list to get back where I was. My language bar also becomes pretty huge.

My language bar when it happens.





The language settings. Notice how English (United States is not a language)