Starting program with a certain keyboard layout

[Martin Magnusson]

Hi group,

is it possible to configure a shortcut to use a specific keyboard
layout, instead of the standard one?

I'm using Windows' multilanguage support with Swedish and English
keyboards installed. Most of the time, I use the Swedish layout, but for
certain programs I always want the English layout, without having to
switch manually each time I open a new window.

/ martin

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi group,

is it possible to configure a shortcut to use a specific keyboard
layout, instead of the standard one?

I'm using Windows' multilanguage support with Swedish and English
keyboards installed. Most of the time, I use the Swedish layout, but for
certain programs I always want the English layout, without having to
switch manually each time I open a new window.

/ martin

I don't think you can get applications to start with a specific
keyboard layout - they will always start with the "default"
layout that you specified. This, after all, is what a "default"
is supposed to do.

You could probably invoke your application via a batch
file whose first command is a keyboard macro that switches
the keyboard layout. Either of these should work:

- Tip 2531 in the 'NT Reg Hacks' at http://www.jsiinc.com
- AutoIt/AutoItX (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/autoit)

The next command would invoke your application.

On the other hand, doing this seems a lot of trouble when
something as simple as pressing Ctrl+Shift on the keyboard
will do the same trick.