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I'm using the Windows key quite often in my daily work and it keeps getting "stuck".

I tried two keyboards (One USB and one PS/2)
I tried to mess with the Sticky Keys definitions.

Eventually, when it happens - pressing the Windows key a single press releases the "lock" and solves the problem.

It happens several times a day - so it is quite annoying. Especially when I start typing and multiple windows start to open or the desktop appears suddenly.

Any idea why it happens and how to solve it?

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  • Physically stuck or Windows is seeing it as permenantly 'on'
    – Joe Taylor
    Jul 12, 2011 at 22:14
  • If it was Physically stuck I would have replaced it :) - it is acting as if it is permanently 'on'
    – RonK
    Jul 13, 2011 at 10:05

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I've encountered the problem on my laptop, my desktop and my work desktop, so it's obviously not the keyboard (or it's all three). I usually see it when I'm using remote desktop.

I've found a thread suggesting it's a bug related to using Win+L to lock your screen and should be fixed in Vista SP-1, but obviously, it's not.

I've found that just pressing the windows key once seems to resolve it for me, until it happens again.

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    This is the exact phenomenon I'm having - I was hoping to get a solution that does not require me to click on the Windows key every once in a while ...
    – RonK
    Jul 13, 2011 at 8:59
  • But my problem is not as mentioned in that thread. My problem persists outside of the RDP - it is acting like StickyKeys, but StickyKeys is disabled
    – RonK
    Jul 13, 2011 at 10:07
  • The solution of pressing the key again is currently the only one I found :(. Let me know if you ever find something better ...
    – RonK
    Oct 26, 2011 at 20:48
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If you don't need StickyKeys, try disabling it and see if the problem goes away.

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I had the same issue with an end-user, this method helped me. I don't think she used the hotkey before.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/5937-windows-key-shortcuts-enable-disable.html

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This can happen if you type Windows+Fn+Home (at least, on my keyboard and Windows install). Pressing Fn+End gets me out of this mode.

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You can try Win+Alt three times to fix it. It works on my laptop.

As @scott mentioned, when you use Win+L to lock your PC, the bug may occur.

It's hard to imagine that in 2022, win11 still has this bug.

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