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Vostro 7510 Calculator key won't open the calculator any more
Due to serious corruption problems with Windows 10 (Pro 22H2 Build 19045.2728), I had to restore my system from a backup created in mid-February. Back in February, the calculator key opened the Windows calculator app. After restoring the backup, it acts like a plain old control key. Any suggestions how I can get it back to being a calculator key? I don't know why the behavior would have changed, unless the Windows updates I had to install following the restoration did it. (Bitlocker also got turned back on, much to my annoyance.)
I'm comfortable working with the registration, if there's a registry key that will fix it.
Thank you,
Terry
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March 20th, 2023 01:00
Oops, my mistake. The calculator key is working just fine. The key that is malfunctioning is the right hand control key, which has a symbol on it vaguely reminiscent of a calculator, but which I think is supposed to represent a list. Used to be, when I pressed it, some kind of list would come up, but it no longer does. However, I never actually used the list for anything, so I really don't care. Problem solved.
Terry
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March 19th, 2023 19:00
This forum post at MS has information on how to restore the calc key.
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March 19th, 2023 20:00
Thank you for responding, JOcean. The MS article appears to be about a calculator app that won't open, not a problem opening the app with the calculator (CTRL) key, which appears to be Dell-specific. The app itself works just fine. Regardless, I tried their solution. Didn't work.
Terry