CTRL and W Not Working

To close a window try Alt+F4. What other hotkey functions are you trying to do with the W key?

Ahhh, I see. I don't game so didn't know that. It may be some glitch in the game(s) software if the keys work independently.
Or get a different keyboard. It could be the keyboard can't work with your game, I don't really know.

Ok, I'll ask for someone else to have a look, may take a couple days fro a response.

So just to be sure I understand, ctrl+w, shift+w, and alt+w (the only program I am aware of this doing anything in is Office Word, so you might not be able to test this) do not work, but ctrl+[anything else] does work?

I suppose it could be the keyboard itself. I've heard of weird issues with keyboards malfunctioning. Like the enter key working by itself but shift+enter and ctrl+enter not working on a keyboard but it working with any other keyboard on the same computer. I really don't know of any Windows setting that would keep specific button combos from working and you did pretty much all the troubleshooting you can do besides trying another keyboard. Is their anyway you could convince a friend or family member to let you borrow their keyboard long enough to test it?

I know this thread is old, but this may help others. I was having this problem until I realized my pause/break button was depressed. Try hitting that if Ctrl+w isn't working for you.