Re: Bug in Hot Keys for Input Languages

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OK. I guess like Napoleon said, "If you want a thing done well, do it
yourself." So I took a snapshot of the registry before configuring a
hot key, and another snapshot after assigning the hot key. And then
using a program I compared the too. I discovered that (on my XP box at
least) hot keys are stored at:
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1659004503-1844237615-725345543-1003\Control
Panel\Input Method\Hot Keys

Here's how I solved my problem, in case someone's interested:
1/ Open Registry and go to the key I mentionned above.
2/ Right-click "Hot Keys" and select "Export". Save the registry file
somewhere. This will be your backup in case something goes wrong.
3/ Delete every subkey under "Hot Keys".
4/ Restart your computer.
5/ Reassign the hot keys in Control Panel as you like.

I still maintain this is a bug, or at least, a bad design. When you
delete a language, Windows should logically delete its hot key
configuration as well.

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