Control+left/right arrows not working

razamakaz · 19 Sep 2012

Hi all.

I have suddenly lost the ability to use my control+left or right arrows. Not just in word but on all places I type using the computer, even this message!

I use this key constantly as I am a secretary and do lots of documents and letters and it is driving me nuts not being able to use this function.

When I reboot I sometimes get the function back for a short while then it disappears again.

I have just had a brand new computer put in but it happened sometimes on my old PC too so I don't think it's a hardware issue. I am wondering if I have accidentally hit a combination of keys to disable it or something.

Other functions work (control/Alt/Delete, etc) just not this one, which is my most used quick key!

Thanks in advance.

Karen x

Maguscreed · 19 Sep 2012

Try the 'enable hokeys' file from here.
Windows Key Shortcuts - Enable or Disable

razamakaz · 19 Sep 2012

OMG thank you SO much! It's been driving me mad. Our IT guys didn't even know what the hotkey was, let alone how to fix it!

Karen x

razamakaz · 19 Sep 2012

Noooo... it's gone again. That didn't fix it. It works temporarily when I reboot but then goes missing again

Any other ideas please????

Thanks
K x

Maguscreed · 19 Sep 2012

now that is odd.
Let's go ahead and move on to the option two on the same page. (just scroll a little further down)
Windows Key Shortcuts - Enable or Disable

unless you already edited the policy.
that's the only thing I could think of that would be overwriting the registry setting we altered with the file you downloaded.

Kaktussoft · 19 Sep 2012

ctrl key works always? left and right arrow key work always?
Only the combination isn't working (but sometime does). Correct?

Does it always work after a reboot? How many minutes does it work approximately?

Do ctrl+uparrow and ctrl+downarrow work? It moves to previous/next paragraph (not previous line). Works in ms word