Impossible to type the "euro"symbol when using "Alt Gr+e" key combination (French AZERTY keyboard)

Question

Hi and seasons greeting ! We just got a new DELL Alienware M17 X laptop with Windows 7 Professional 64 bits and a french language "AZERTY" keyboard. The "euro" symbol" is supposed to be got in typing "Alt Gr+e". It is impossible to activate it, whatever the soft in action, such as Word 2007 or Excel 2007. However we can get it -and print it- in typing the ASCII code wich is "Alt+0128". DELL support does not know how to solve the problem and suggest to format the computer ! Does Somebody has another more simple solution ? Thanks a lot .

Answer 1

Can you check something: right click on the FR on the language bar on the taskbar > Settings > what keyboard is mentioned in Installed services?

Probably you have a French with a French keyboard layout (is it?), so everything should be OK...

but it's not, so...

Does your Alt Gr work in general (for example, can you press Alt Gr + ' to get { )? Only this combination Alt Gr+E is not working, right?

Some third party software may interfere using this keyboard shortcut. Do you have some software preinstalled with your laptop which is running in a background and may use Rigth Alt+E to its own purposes?

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Another thing: press Start > type in search box On-screen keyboard and press enter (you will get on-screen keyboard) > press AltGr and see how the keys on your on-screen keyboard were changed. Do you see euro symbol there where it suppose to be?

Answer 2

I have a UK format keyboard for an HP Tablet.

I find that 'ALT GR + 4' present the €(euro) symbol

My numerical 4 key shows the $(dollar) symbol and the €(euro)

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

€ = alt+0128

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vistaperformance/thread/d70517cf-d015-4bfb-bd85-0945ab93c563

Answer 4

Note that for each keyboard language type (Start - Control Panel - Region and Language - Keyboard and Languages - General - Add) there may be sub-types with special characters assigned to different keys. The on-screen keyboard shows what Windows thinks you are using. If this is not the same as your physical keyboard, search for the one that matches. In my case I had to install United States-International instead of United States to get € (AltGr-5) to work.

Answer 5

There is a program called Holdkey which makes it very simple to type

characters with accents or € £ ¥ etc. www.holdkey.eu