Unwanted keyboard in language bar


  1. Posts : 6
    W7 Pro x64
       #1

    Unwanted keyboard in language bar


    Hello.
    I am a French guy on a French Computer with a French keyboard in France.
    I also sometime switch to Japanese keyboard layout to write in English or in Japanese, so my TWO installed keyboards are French (default) and Japanese (Microsoft IME) as you can see on this picture:


    (image showing "japanese and french keyboards being the only ones installed")

    However, my problem is that an English keyboard has been added to the language bar somehow, preventing me to use my Alt+Shift keyboard shortcut to switch efficiently between keyboard layouts:


    (image showing "japanese, french and english keyboards being available in the language bar")

    Does anyone know how to delete this additional unwanted keyboard please?

    So far, I have tested without success:
    - Removing all keyboards besides default keyboard (which cannot be removed)
    - Searching for a solution on the web

    Thank you very much in advance,
    Camusensei

    PS: No, I can't do a system restore from a previously working point.
    Last edited by Camusensei; 01 Jan 2013 at 16:15. Reason: embedded images
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  2. Posts : 71,980
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Camusensei, and welcome to Seven Forums. :)

    You might also check to see if you may have an English language pack installed. If so, uninstall it to see if that may remove it.

    Display Language Packs - Install and Uninstall

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  3. Posts : 6
    W7 Pro x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Hi and thank you for your answer.

    Unfortunately, I have no language pack installed:

    (image showing "no language pack installaed")

    I checked a little through the register and found these :
    Code:
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\CMF\SqmData\BootLanguages]
    "en-US"=dword:00000002
    "fr-FR"=dword:00000029
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\CMF\SqmData\BootLanguages]
    "en-US"=dword:00000002
    "fr-FR"=dword:00000029
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CMF\SqmData\BootLanguages]
    "en-US"=dword:00000002
    "fr-FR"=dword:00000029
    Do you think one of these is responsible ?

    Any other ideas are welcome

    Regards,
    Camusensei
    Last edited by Camusensei; 01 Jan 2013 at 16:16.
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  4. Posts : 71,980
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    Check to see if you have a data value of 00000409 for a key at both registry locations below. This is the one for EN-US keyboard. If so, delete the key(s) that have this exact value for it, and it should remove it. You may need to log off/on afterwards first though. :)

    To be safe, I would recommend to export the Keyboard Layout key first as a backup to be able merged if needed.

    Code:
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload]
    "1"="00000409"
     
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Substitutes]
    "00000409"="00000409"
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  5. Posts : 6
    W7 Pro x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Unfortunately not:
    Code:
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout]
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Preload]
    "1"="0000040c"
    "2"="00000411"
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Substitutes]
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Keyboard Layout\Toggle]
    Thank you for your idea though

    Camusensei
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  6. Posts : 71,980
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #6

    Well, in that case, I'd say to export your SqmData key from below as a backup, delete the en-US key, log off/on to see if that does it.

    Code:
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\CMF\SqmData\BootLanguages]
    "en-US"=dword:00000002
    "fr-FR"=dword:00000029
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  7. Posts : 6
    W7 Pro x64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    That did the trick

    Thank you very much!

    Camusensei
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  8. Posts : 71,980
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #8

    You're welcome. I'm happy to hear that you got it sorted. :)
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  9. Posts : 6
    W7 Pro x64
    Thread Starter
       #9

    I'm definitely going to check that forum more often :)
    and not only to ask questions, I know quite a number of great tricks some people could use :)
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  10. Posts : 71,980
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #10

    I look forward to seeing them. I'm always interested in any good tricks and tips.
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