Windows 10: Why do the accents keys work intermittently?

Discus and support Why do the accents keys work intermittently? in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; For about a year now I've been having a very annoying issue with W11. When typing at any speed, the accent keys do not register. I mostly write in... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by ZombieMcFly, Aug 25, 2023.

  1. ZOMBIEMCFLY
    ZombieMcFly Win User

    Why do the accents keys work intermittently?


    For about a year now I've been having a very annoying issue with W11. When typing at any speed, the accent keys do not register. I mostly write in spanish, so it makes for a lot of typos. For instance, if I do it slowly, I can get:ááááábut if a pick up the pace:áááaáaaAs you can see it misses about half the key presses, I'm absolutely pressing the key all the way.I have tested my keyboard on another machine and the issue goes away. I have tried other keyboards on this machine and the issue persists.Since the issue came up I've done a re-install, keeping my files, resetting everything. The mach

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    ZombieMcFly, Aug 25, 2023
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  2. GUILLERMOABRAMSON
    GuillermoAbramson Win User

    Accents stopped working

    After updating to version 1709, I cannot type acute accents any longer. I am using English as Windows language, with Latin American keyboard layout. I could type accents as "dead keys" until the update. Now the accents associated with acute and dieresis
    (key next to P key) do not work. Grave and circunflex still work (è, ê; not useful in Spanish, though). If I keep the key pressed for a couple of seconds, a double accent is produced: ´´ and ¨¨. So, the hardware of the key works.

    I have tried changing the keyboard to Spanish (Latin American), without solving the problem. I tried several combinations of language and keyboard, without success.

    Any suggestion wil be welcome. Thanks in advance.

    Guillermo
     
    GuillermoAbramson, Aug 25, 2023
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  3. GREG CARMACK
    Greg Carmack Win User
    Backtick/Grave accent key doesn't work at all

    Hello William. I'm Greg, here to help you with this.

    Here is how to fix Backtick/Grave accent key not working in Windows 10:

    https://superuser.com/questions/1408849/cant-ty...

    https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/n...

    https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/grave-a...

    https://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/59767-ba...

    https://www.lifewire.com/typing-characters-with...

    https://community.rstudio.com/t/adding-backtick...

    Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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    Greg Carmack, Aug 25, 2023
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  4. DALCHINA
    dalchina Win User

    Why do the accents keys work intermittently?

    Acute accent key creates double ´´

    - do you mean AltGr ?

    What's your keyboard set to?

    Why do the accents keys work intermittently? 140520d1498078303t-acute-accent-key-creates-double-1.jpg


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    dalchina, Aug 25, 2023
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