I have this problem on two computers now. I had the Japanese language pack installed, and used the IME keyboard. I used to be able to use CTRL-CAPSLOCK to switch to Hiragana after changing the language to Japanese. I could also right click the A icon in the system tray and pick Hiragana from the menu. This allowed me to type romaji which were changes to the appropriate hirgana/kanji. But after installing the April 2018 update 1803, both methods don't change from half-width alpha-numeric.
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This seems to be related to the custom dictionary file (imjp15cu) as it gives an error whenever "edit" under custom dictionary is clicked in the advanced settings.
From a non-1803 system, copy the files in C:\Windows\IME\IMEJP\DICTS to the same location on the affect 1803 machine and reboot.
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I copied the C:\Windows\IME\IMEJP\DICTS from a non 1803 machine and it resolved the issue entirely. May 18, 2018 at 17:22
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Might want to edit that into your answer then, otherwise your answer is just a comment :-)– AndyMay 18, 2018 at 20:18
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I did in a different way. 'Open advanced settings', in 'Dictionary/Auto-tuning' tab, click Repair dictionaries button. I just worked afterwards. Jan 30, 2019 at 2:17
There were computers running Win10 1803 with the Japanese language pack installed that are not affected by this problem. I have copied the %systemroot%\%windir%\IME\IMJP\DICTS (all files were dated 4/10 or 11/2018) from one of those computers; overwriting the currently installed DICTS. Restart the computer and all worked for me. The non-1803(1709) version of the DICTS didn't worked at all.
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November 2018 is in approximately 5 months. This answer is confusing. 1803 was released on April 30th so a file with a modified date of May 10th doesn’t make sense.– RamhoundJun 26, 2018 at 23:11
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@ramhound I wouldn't assume the timestamps for individual files are necessarily accurate.– AndyAug 31, 2018 at 21:20
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@Andy - Which is the reason this answer is confusing. The author could clarify their answer, although even with a clarification, it does not really answer the author's question.– RamhoundSep 1, 2018 at 0:46
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@Ramhound If the answer is correctly saying what the timestamps of the files actually are, then I don't see how its confusing.– AndySep 2, 2018 at 15:49