Windows shift s not working? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! In this article, we will discuss the causes and solutions for Windows shift s not working. We will also provide a few helpful tips to get your shift running smoothly. So don’t wait any longer – read on and get to work!
Why is Windows Shift S not working?
According to Sohne, this one is pretty simple and obvious – you have double clicked the Shift key in Windows. You are perhaps too excited about your new program or want to learn it, so you type a lot of commands at once without thinking much about them (i.e., especially during development). As we cover here, this completely wrong approach can lead to user input being lost due to shift lockup.
Fix Windows + Shift + S Not Working Windows 10
Now that you know what caused shift s to not work in Windows, let’s get started remapping your keyboard!
In order to fix Shift S working properly in Windows 10 or 8, simply press and hold the space bar while clicking on How Do I?. This will perform a search within Control Panel of your computer and bring up multiple options for modifying settings. Select “Change input language” under “Manage”.
Resetting Snip & Sketch
If you have snip and sketch installed, then pressing shift s will also open Snip & Sketch. To fix Shift S working properly on Mac systems, follow these steps:
To change your Windows environment to English United States from French Canada… Without uninstalling any software files or programs such as AOMEI Backupper II Note that this only changes the keyboard layout in System Preferences so if you are preparing to sue claim websites get locked while typing.
Enable the Clipboard history switch
To show or hide the clipboard history, hold down the Command (or Control) key and press H. To change your Windows environment to English United States from French Canada:
- Click on Start, type “control panel” into the search bar and hit enter
- Once Control Panel pops up, click on Keyboard in the left navigation pane
- Under Language Options located at the top of Keyboard window, select an input language from English
Reinstall Snip & Sketch
To reinstall Snip & Sketch in Windows 10, 8 , 7 click on Programs and Features . On the left side you will find programs that can be uninstalled or installed. Click it once then select “Uninstall” from the drop down menu.
Please note this only changes your keyboard layout but not change th other stuff such as signon to a different website because of keboard lockup so please read Unresponsive Keyboard After Major User Interface Change.
Use PrntScrn in place of Win+Shift+S
If you do not have multiple monitors and cannot right click an Edit window, then you can use PrintScreen instead of Windows + Shift+S on the same keyboard layout.
If PrntScrn doesn’t work in that case try Alt key and hold it down while pressing either Win or Ctrl key followed by Scr … (shortcut for print screen). Note this workaround may slow your computer down to a crawl so if possible only use it when you have too.
Here is a small piece of code that reprograms your keyboard to use Ctrl+Alt keys over the other shortcuts, keep in mind though it will permanently be change on some programs:
#!/bin/bash xset +o retrofit & xinput set-prop “Synaptics SlimPort” “Evdev Alternate Control” 2 0x43 errorfile=/home/$USER/.Xserve_
Uninstall the recent Windows update
A lot of unfortunate situation happen to Windows users these days, with updates that cause PC freezes or keyboard lock up all the time and even many people have accidentally wipe their System drive by uninstalling windows update. So here is a way you can uninstall them in few easy steps:
1) In win+r type “msconfig” and press enter 2) Click on startup tab 3) Un-check checkbox next to unknown group name 4 ) Un-check unassigned drive window (press NumLk+Delete) 5) Press F5 to set Windows update mode 6) Till the updates restarts you will find a wide range of errors so go through it until there are no other errors 😎 You can also disable Fast Startup by typing System Configuration command in run and press Enter.
Conclusion
To summarise, in order to uninstall recent Windows updates you can do the following:
- 1) In win+r type “msconfig” and press enter
- 2) Click on startup tab
- 3) Un-check checkbox next to unknown group name
- 4) Un-check unassigned drive window (press NumLk+Delete)
- 5) Press F5 to set Windows update mode