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After an upgrade which happened in last couple of weeks my Windows 8.1 got strange behavior in regards to user-input.

  1. All hotkeys like Win + D, Win + R, Win + Q and so on, result in opening Metro interface (or however it is called at the moment) besides of the desired action. Pressing Win + E results in opening new file-explorer window AND opening and Metro interface.
  2. Layout switching hot keys, i.e. Alt + Shift, I have three language layouts setup and I can not use Alt + Shift any longer. I went to language settings and changed my shortcut to Ctrl + Shift, which partially works. If I switch setting back to Alt + Shift - nothing works. By partially I mean that shortcut doesn't work on logon screen, where it used to work without an issue. So, at the moment I have to use language bar to switch my languages with mouse in many cases.

I tried googling several times for these issues and found nothing relevant. My colleagues also doesn't seem to have that issue on their computers, though they upgraded as well.

Update My computer is Samsung NP550P5C

Anton Boritskiy
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It seems it's caused by one or more desktop applications that install [Win 8 incompatible] shell extensions into the Windows right-click context menu.

Download and run http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/shexview.html from Nir Sofer's brilliant site. This util lists every shell extension and allows you to quickly disable them.

With offending shell extension disabled , every option on the 8.1 Power Users (Win + X) menu will work.

Chenmunka
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Anirban Nandy
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