Many Windows users have recently reported that the shift key on their keyboard has suddenly stopped working on Windows 11 systems and they are unable to perform any task that involves the shift key, such as – Permanently deleting any file or folder using the shift key, etc. .
We found several reasons behind this issue where shift key stopped working and they are listed below.
Let’s see how to fix this problem by trying the solutions given below in this article. If you are also facing such problem, don’t worry. Please continue reading this article to learn more.
Solution -
Step 1: Press the Windows U keys simultaneously, use the shortcut Method Open the Accessibility page on Windows systems.
Step 2: Next scroll down the Accessibility page and click on Keyboard under the Interaction section at the bottom as shown below.
Step 3: On the Keyboard page, Turn off The Sticky Keys toggle button at the top ,As follows.
Step 4: Then clickSticky Keys to see more options.
off all these options by turning off the toggle button as shown below.
Turn off the Filter Keys Toggle button below the Sticky Keys option as shown below.
Step 8: Then click on theFilter Key option.
right-click on the "Start" button located in the center of the taskbar.
Step 2: Then selectDevice Manager from its context menu as shown below.
Keyboard option from the displayed device list and double-click it as shown below.
Step 5: Next,right click on the Keyboard Driver program under Keyboard and select from the menu Select Update Driver as shown below.
Automatically search for drivers option as shown below.
Close and restart the computer once.
Windows key and type Device Manager.
Step 2: Click on theDevice Manager application from the search results as shown in the screenshot below.
Step 3: Go to the "Keyboard" option from the list and double-click to expand it.
Step 4: Then right-click on the KeyboardDriver and click Uninstall Device from the context menu as shown below.
Step 5: This will uninstall the keyboard device from the system.
Step 6: Close the Device Manager window and restart the system.
Step 7: After the system boots, you can see that the keyboard and all its keys are working fine!
If not, try other solutions given below.
If you have any issues with your keyboard, there is a dedicated troubleshooter for the keyboard itself in Windows. Therefore, performing a keyboard troubleshooter will try to detect any keyboard-related issues and fix them.
Let’s see how to do this below.
Step 1: First, open the R un command box by pressing the windows R keys simultaneously.
Step 2: Type control.exe /name Microsoft.Troubleshooting in the text box and press the Enter key.
Step 3: Now the troubleshooting page appears on the system.
Step 4: Click on the Additional Troubleshooting option in the list as shown below.
Step 5: Then scroll down the list and click on the Run button of the Keyboard Options as shown below.
Step 6: It will then start troubleshooting the keyboard and detect any issues and fix them for you.
Step 7: Follow any on-screen instructions to resolve the issue.
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