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Cannot type, enter text, in one program after Windows 11 update

Anonymous
2023-12-15T22:14:42+00:00

After a recent Windows 11 update, I can no longer enter text in my cad software. I recognizes when I enter letters/numbers to run mapkey functions, but when a file name box is open, or a box where a dimension needs to be entered, I cannot type in it. I can copy letters/numbers from somewhere else and paste them into the text entry boxes. I can sometimes get a letter to enter if I click in the text entry box so that the cursor starts to blink, then I repeatedly hit the letter key and it will show up one time right before the little info box pops up stating what should be entered in that area, then if I keep tapping, another letter will show up again before the pop up info, etc, etc. This is older outdated cad software, but it has been working all these years until Windows 11 updated overnight, so I'm thinking there is some setting or update that affected that.

I uninstalled the updates, went back to an older date/recovery point, uninstalled and reinstalled the cad software, let Microsoft and HP tech support take control of my computer, and reset my computer by reinstalling Windows 11 again. But as Windows 11 installed it automatically installed any updates. I've made sure sticky, filter and toggle keys are off, and ran troubleshooters.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-16T15:01:24+00:00

    Dear RNK 123

    Thank you for posting in the microsoft community.

    Based on your description, if you have already tried a fresh install of WINDOWS 11, then I think it is a problem due to the difference between the CAD version and your current version of WINDOS.

    You can find your main CAD program - right click on the desktop CAD icon - Properties - Shortcut - Open the file where it is located - find the main CAD program - right click - Properties - Compatibility - check the box to run the program in compatibility mode, e.g. compatibility mode is set to WINDOWS7 compatibility mode.

    Since CAD is not a Microsoft designed program, the community is limited in the advice it can give you!

    Good luck.

    I hope the above information can help you.

    Best Wish

    Shawn Z | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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