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Visual Studio, Sublime Text, Chrome, Firefox, you name it. All the apps with tab-cycling on Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab are no longer working on my Windows PC - that is, Ctrl+Shift+Tab still works, but Ctrl+Tab does not.

I tried using TeamViewer to a friend's PC to see if it was a keyboard issue (I know, I'm smart like that), and it worked fine. I have not installed any programs lately, and it just started happening. Restarting does not work.

When attempting to assign a key to a shortcut in Visual Studio, the Ctrl+Tab combination does not validate, but Ctrl+Shift+Tab does. However, in my Logitech G-Series profile manager, I can assign that command to one of the extra keys, and it validates, but it still does not work!

What could be the reason behind this?

I am using Windows 8.1.

Running Windows in Safe Mode makes the problem go away, but not when running with a clean boot (as suggested by @Ramhound). Malwarebytes and Windows Defender report 0 threats.

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  • Would be helpful to know which Windows you are using. Helping with Windows 98 is quite different than with Windows 8.
    – CharlieRB
    Sep 25, 2014 at 13:55
  • It sounds you have software installed that is capturing these shortcuts and ignoring them. Does this behavior surface if start your system in a minimal boot configuration?
    – Ramhound
    Sep 25, 2014 at 15:08
  • @Ramhound that's the theory. I tried restarting and immediately start Chrome to test, didn't work. How would I start with minimal boot config?
    – Jeff
    Sep 25, 2014 at 15:18
  • How to perform a clean boot
    – Ramhound
    Sep 25, 2014 at 15:23
  • @Ramhound clean boot didn't help either.
    – Jeff
    Sep 25, 2014 at 15:39

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If you have NVidia Geforce Experience installed, a recent update is breaking the use of the ctrl+tab key. I had the same issue and fixed it by reinstalling Geforce Experience.

Here's a thread on NVidia's forums with others reporting the same issue: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/776837/?comment=4316352

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  • I googled and I googled and I googled and I did not find that thread. Thank you, I will try this when I get home. Funny, as I disabled all NVidia stuff on my minimal boot attempt, so how is this possible?
    – Jeff
    Sep 26, 2014 at 7:16
  • This did it, thank you! You just postponed my Windows re-install for another 6 months. ;) Thank you!
    – Jeff
    Sep 26, 2014 at 12:44

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