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Windows 10 1709 comes with an unpleasant surprise: the "new" touch keyboard doesn't have the "Full Layout" option (which gives you all keys you expect in a keyboard like arrows and DEL) anymore. (Yeah! Thanks, Microsoft...)

How could someone bring the old keyboard back? It surely must have a registry key hidden for it.

P.s. I know the old keyboard still exists because it shows in my lock screen (with the full layout)

This is how you enable it in 1703 and previous versions. This option DOES NOT EXIST ANYMORE in 1709.

This is what the keyboard "options" button shows me:

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Until Microsoft solves this, I replaced my tabtip files with the older files from the Windows.old directory. I've copied the following directories:

C:\Windows.old\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink
to -> C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink
and
C:\Windows.old\‏‏Program Files (x86)‎\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Ink
to -> C:\‏‏Program Files (x86)‎\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Ink

that brings back the older touch keyboard from build 1703 with the full keyboard layout for non-English region layouts.

I copied the directories using command prompt from Windows recovery since the files are in use in normal Windows boot.

Scott - Слава Україні
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