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    My keyboard is stuck in Japanese

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by DarkAzn58, Jun 22, 2010.

  1. DarkAzn58

    DarkAzn58 Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I have a serious problem. A few months back I decided to install the japanese keyboard in order to play a region locked japanese game. After I was done with it I went and removed the language from :

    Control Panel -> Regions and Language -> Keyboards and Languages -> Change Keyboards

    But then I noticed that all of my \ characters were replaced with ¥ instead. At first it wasn't too big of a deal. But now some applications I use are completely in Japanese, like PowerISO. How do I fix this?
     
    DarkAzn58, Jun 22, 2010
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  2. roosta

    roosta Notebook Evangelist

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    check the main language settings. should be around the same area of control panel. unless the program was installed while the keyboard was in that mode, in which case you may need to reinstall the program. sometimes they use the default language as the language to install them as.
     
    roosta, Jun 22, 2010
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    DarkAzn58 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Where is that exactly? When I look at the keyboard layout for US english I see that the yen sign is there instead of the backslash. When you're talking about the keyboard being in "that" mode, would I know what mode I'm in depending on the characters that show up? B/c I have always been typing in english.
     
    DarkAzn58, Jun 24, 2010
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Change the locale back to english(australia) or US.
     
    namaiki, Jun 24, 2010
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    DarkAzn58 Notebook Enthusiast

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    omg I think that fixed it! The locale was set to Japanese! Thank you SO much namaiki!
     
    DarkAzn58, Jun 25, 2010
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