Windows 10: Keyboard shortcuts changed in Japanese Microsoft IME in Windows 10 ver. 2004?

I'm a German, learning Japanese as a hobby, and until recently, I could write Japanese text via the Windows 10 Microsoft Japanese IME, switching between Hiragana and Katakana with the keyboard shortcuts "CTRL+CAPSLOCK" or "ALT+CAPSLOCK" respectively.


In the May 2020 upgrade to Windows 10 Ver. 2004 it seems the IME has been renovated, and the keyboard shortcuts I learned don't work.


I also can't find in the documentation how to easily switch between Hiragana and Katakana input anymore. And the help page for the Japanese IME https://support.microsoft.com/ja-jp/help/4462244/microsoft-ime is yet beyond my Japanese abilities. And after using the translation feature in Edge, I can't really find any mention of keyboard shortcuts.


The modern settings for the IME mention a "Muhenkan" key to switch between Hiragana/Katakana. But since I use a German keyboard, I probably don't have such a special key.


So, has the keyboard shortcut for CTRL/ALT+CAPSLOCK been completely removed, or is there a new keyboard combination to switch between Hiragana and Katakana?

It's really bothersome to use the mouse to switch between the two character alphabets.

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i8042prt Japanese IME Windows 10

Hello,

Could you please inform me how to correct the Japanese keyboard layout with kbdus.dll step by step? I have no idea what "kbdus.dll" is.

I am using the US Windows 10 and US keyboard.

My question is listed below:

"Microsoft IME Japanese keyboard layout Windows 10"

Microsoft IME Japanese keyboard layout Windows 10

 

i8042prt Japanese IME Windows 10

Hello,

Could you please inform me how to correct the Japanese keyboard layout step by step?

I have no idea what [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters] is.

I am using the US Windows 10 and US keyboard.

My question is listed below:

"Microsoft IME Japanese keyboard layout Windows 10"

Microsoft IME Japanese keyboard layout Windows 10

 

Japanese IME shortcuts have been changed?

Hi,

It seems that since a few days ago, the Japanese IME keyboards shortucts have been changed? Before to switch from my "normal" input method (French) to the Japanese one, I had to press ALT + SHIFT, but I realised yesterday that now it's WINDOWS + SPACE...
And all of the shortcuts I was using: ALT+² in order to switch from hiragana, to katakana, to romaji for instance, don't work anymore. What happened? Also, is there a list of all the new shortcuts I could use?

Thank you,

Flavien