Windows 10: Script to change Hardware keyboard layout to 106/109 japanese keyboard

Hi, There is hardware keyboard layout feature in language option of Japanese input language,but the settingcan be only seen under admin's account.our normal user cant see the feature when japanese language is added.so everytime I have to sign in my admin account to change the setting. So just wondering if there is a way we can do it with CMD or Powershell Script without switching to my adminaccount. Laptops are added to our company domain,normal users dont have admin access under their windows profiles.

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Toggle keys, capslock has no sound with Japanese 106/109 keyboard.

It is using the drivers that is built into windows.

Standard Keyboards - Japanese PS/2 Keyboard (106/109 Key), or

Standard Keyboards - Japanese PS/2 Keyboard (106/109 Key Ctrl + Eisuu)

Turning caplock on/off produces no toggle-keys sound with either of these drivers.

 

Japanese keyboard on english system

Neil,

Thanks for your reply. But that doesn't quite get it.

I eventually figured it out for myself.

There are two Japanese keyboard layouts supported by Win 10 Japanese language pack.

Simply selecting the "Japanese!" keyboard isn't enough.

Here's what works.

With the Japanese language pack installed go to

Settings-> Time & Language -> Language

click on the Japanese language pack and you will get an options button. Click that.

This brings up "Language Options: Japanese"

find "Hardware keyboard layout"

click "Change layout"

You will get a choice between a 101/102 key layout and a 106/109 key layout,

Don't bother counting your keys because you may well not have 101, 102, 106 or 109 keys..

Just switch to the other from what is not working. In my case this was a shift from 101/102 to 106/109

My keyboard actually has 130 keys.

You need to reboot for the keyboard mapping to take effect.

After setting the japanese language keyboard option the keyboard mapping will also work in English input mode.

For that you need to add the Japanese keyboard to your default input mode assuming that like me the default is English.

Hank