Solved Problem with keeping the keyboard layout at same language

nocruoro · Aug 17, 2022

I've been trying to prevent Windows 11 from changing the keyboard language without permission. It happens most often when returning from sleep mode.
I usually keep it set to ISL (Icelandic) and know about the :win:

+Spacebar to switch languages. But it's still like a annoying chore and i can't find anything to stop
Windows 11 Home edition default back to english without permission.
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Are there any solutions?

Bree · Aug 17, 2022

nocruoro said:
I've been trying to prevent Windows 11 from changing the keyboard language without permission. It happens most often when returning from sleep mode.

The default on start up (and probably resuming from sleep) is to use the keyboard layout at the top of the list of installed keyboards. If yours is not the 1st in the list, then try setting your preferred keyboard layout here:

Change Default Input Method Override in Windows 11 Tutorial

In Windows, you can change your keyboard layout to type in another language or input method you want to use.. The language of your keyboard layout controls the characters that appear on your screen when you type. By using the different layouts, you can type all the characters for the language...

www.elevenforum.com

abactuon · Aug 17, 2022

Try

Set-WinDefaultInputMethodOverride -InputTip "040f:0000040f"

nocruoro · Aug 17, 2022

I'm testing the first option in the link provided by Bree. But i'm keeping the thread open in case it acts up again. I have put it to sleep once but it usually happens and after long sleep modes not mere minutes or fast restarts.

AndreTen · Aug 17, 2022

One more thing to suggest...

If you're only switching the language, and no need to switch keyboard too (some languages need extra characters, US not) you can change the keyboard under other languages to match your actual keyboard. In this case, only default language will change, but keys would remain as phisically present

See in my example.. I have Slovenian and US English languages installed, but only Slovenian keyboard.

nocruoro · Aug 17, 2022

AndreTen said:
One more thing to suggest...

If you're only switching the language, and no need to switch keyboard too (some languages need extra characters, US not) you can change the keyboard under other languages to match your actual keyboard. In this case, only default language will change, but keys would remain as physically present

See in my example.. I have Slovenian and US English languages installed, but only Slovenian keyboard.

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My is laptop is from United Kingdom laptop but i managed to find a move up button. I know that language packs don't work and i also prefer english compared to the display text.
I still hope that my laptop will stop pranking switching it back without permission.

AndreTen · Aug 17, 2022

nocruoro said:
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My is laptop is from United Kingdom laptop but i managed to find a move up button. I know that language packs don't work and i also prefer english compared to the display text.
I still hope that my laptop will stop pranking switching it back without permission.

It's important which keyboard layout you have installed...

Under each language (three dots on the right) you can select which layout do you use. Just select the same layout, and remove extra layouts that you don't have

nocruoro · Aug 17, 2022

AndreTen said:
It's important which keyboard layout you have installed...

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Under each language (three dots on the right) you can select which layout do you use. Just select the same layout, and remove extra layouts that you don't have

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I did find what you did but like your image it's locked on both languages. It still looks like the Move Up that i found earlier has done the trick for now

AndreTen · Aug 17, 2022

nocruoro said:
I did find what you did but like your image it's locked on both languages. It still looks like the Move Up that i found earlier has done the trick for now

Great if it works for you. If that delete button is locked, then there is only one keyboard assigned to a language. You have to add other keyboard layout, and then remove unwanted one. In my case it is Slovenian layout on all languages.

nocruoro · Aug 17, 2022

I'll be in touch if it didn't quite work after tonights sleep. It usually does this on me after quite a while of inactivity

abactuon · Aug 18, 2022

Win+R
regedit

Check the keys, there must be

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload

"1" 0000040f
"2" 00000809

where

0000040f - Iceland
00000809 - England

nocruoro · Aug 18, 2022

I can confirm that Moving Up the language worked and didn't have to use the +spacebar

georgsayias · Jan 5, 2023

Hi all, for future generations. I had the same issue and only the following solution worked for me.
I installed only the languages that I needed and I could not get rid of English - United Kingdom.

I went to:
Settings > Time & language > Language & region
Scroll down and select: > Administrative language settings
Tab: Administrative
Select: Copy settings

Tick both:
Welcome screen and system accounts
New user accounts

I have no idea why I should tick these 2 since I have a single user account on my laptop but anyway. After that unwanted (and ghost) languages were removed.