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Ok, I cant find a solution to disable it. (the shortkey changes the text input reading direction to left->right or right->left.

Now i can make it happen only in Notepad, but ive got it working on other text inputs before! Not sure if there is also some other shortkey for the same thing.

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you want to define another key or disable it ?? If it is to disable then check my answer – subanki Sep 12 '10 at 14:06
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In Windows XP

1) Go to Start >> Click on Control Panel >> Open Regional and Language Options

2) Under Languages Tab , Un-Check "Install Files for Complex script and right to left languages (including thai)"

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3) Click Apply and OK

4) Restart Computer

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And what happens if he wants the language and just wants to disable the hotkey!? – William Hilsum Sep 12 '10 at 22:49
indeed, i dont want to remove the support for other languages – Neeb Sep 13 '10 at 0:17
@Wil In XP even if you set the key to none in key settings it wont be disabled, thats why I posted this , I myself tried it and finally figured the only way I could disable was un-check tight-to-left languages – subanki Sep 13 '10 at 1:43
weird... it worked! thanks! – Neeb Sep 13 '10 at 10:57
I know it works, I tested it and posted here. Yet I got Down-votes :( – subanki Sep 13 '10 at 11:12
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Go to Control Panel > Regional and Languages (or similar) and then the keyboard tab.

Look there for Advanced Key Settings or similar and you should be able to configure keyboard shortcuts.

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(Picture from Windows 7, I do not currently have a Windows XP box to test/direct you on).

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i cant find it on XP... no such menu – Neeb Sep 12 '10 at 21:08
@Neeb, please look at updated picture - this is from Windows 2003, however it should be the same as Windows XP. It is disabled on mine because I only have one language, but please see if you have the option there. – William Hilsum Sep 12 '10 at 23:00
i have only one language set too, so i cant click "key settings" – Neeb Sep 13 '10 at 0:14
please upvote the correct answer, it worked :) – Neeb Sep 13 '10 at 18:31
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None of the answers as of this day are correct/work for Windows 7. The answer with Win7 screenshot doesn't say anything about right-to-left shortcut, with is Rshift+Rctrl.

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