change keyboard type from command line

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:05 pm

when using my laptop (a dell d810) my external keyboard is a different language than my internal keyboard (us vs. uk) so before using special symbols i have to change the keyboard / language settings

which is not that difficult, but either i have to do it for every application, or i have to reboot the machine

is there a command line tool that will change the keyboard? (windows xp)

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:30 pm

http://www.easydesksoftware.com/keyboard.htm

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blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:36 pm

no, that changes the possible keyboard layouts, i want to tell windows which of these two it should use

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:24 pm

Control Panel -> Regional Settings -> Language -> Details.

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:09 pm

euh, command line trond?

i don't want 4 clicks and a reboot, i want one click on a batch that sets the language for all apps on my machine, those that i started and have yet to start

thefool · Post by **thefool** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:02 pm

And why wont it do that?
When i used quickbasic long time ago i had to set my kb to english; i just used the language toolbar that windows has and changed it. no reboots; worked for all app's so far i know..

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:09 pm

well, for some strange reason it only changes the keyboard setting for the active application, don't ask me why, as i dunno...

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:59 pm

blueznl wrote:euh, command line trond? i don't want 4 clicks and a reboot, i want one click on a batch that sets the language for all apps on my machine, those that i started and have yet to start

You don't have to reboot. Also you only have to it once. Doing it once and forever would have taken less time than writing your post.