Drakon Posted July 21, 2005 Report Share Posted July 21, 2005 Hi there. Is there a way to use ME to switch keyboard layouts? I don't want to use Microsoft's supplied method, CTRL+SHIFT or left ALT+SHIFT, since I use software hotkeys a LOT. I use the Dvorak layout, but often the system guys need to use my computer, so a macro that would switch between layouts would come in really handy. Thanks a bunch. Drakon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Welcome to the group Drakon! Would remapping the keys on the keyboard do the job? There is a way to do this in Macro Express. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakon Posted July 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Hmm, hadn't thought of that. I'll think about it, but was really looking for something that would simply swap the keyboard driver (.dll) file. Drakon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 I do not use any other keyboard but the one supplied. Do you have two different keyboards that must be physically switched? Or is it a single keyboard that uses two different DLLs that can be switched on-the-fly without the need to reboot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowensii Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Maybe you can change keyboard layouts via the registry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakon Posted July 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Joe: It's a single keyboard that I can "hot swap" the drivers. Jowensii: Wow! Switching keyboards through the registry is something I never would have considered. But that may be because, since I usually don't know what I'm doing, I try not to mess with the registry. What's a good registry editor (freeware, preferably)? I guess RegEdit would work... Drakon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 What steps do you take to hot swap the drivers? Is it an executable that runs? If so then use Macro Express to run the executable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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