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‎04-06-2023 03:35 PM

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 11

Hi, 

 

Not entirely sure whether this is relevant, but I downloaded AutoHotkey and played around with it a bit. 

 

A bit later, my Windows key stopped working. I have tried an external keyboard as well and then it does work. I have tried restarting the laptop (so that Autohotkey has not started yet, and my other hotkeys then also do not work) but it still does not work. I have uninstalled the drivers and rebooted but that did not help. The laptop is very new so I would be surprised if it is hardware related (and it was suspiciously close in time to when I played around with AutoHotkey). 

 

Would anyone have any idea what the issue could be? 

 

Many thanks,
Fredrik 

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‎04-06-2023 03:37 PM

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Have spent some time trying to figure it out but turns out I had locked the Win key by hitting Fn + F12, which I found out c. 5 seconds after posting... Thanks - Issue solved. 

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