Collection of things to fix Chinese Input on Windows (10).
Collection of things to fix Chinese Input on Windows (10).
This is meant for when trying to input Traditional Chinese using Pinyin.
(Credit to this website for finding the trick to switch the layout)
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts\
, and find your normal layout. For example, UK is at Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts\00000809
and the Layout File
is KBDUK.DLL
. Make a note of this DLL file.Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts\00000404
. It is also recommended to change it for Simplified Chinese, just in case (Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts\00000804
).He wrote「Hello World」
):This will require autohotkey in some form.
There is a script available at /QuotationMarks/ZH.ahk in this repository. If you have autohotkey installed and registered for .ahk files, you can download the file to shell:startup
to make it run on Windows logon.
This will let you type the correct quotes for traditional chinese by pressing Alt+[
and Alt+]
respectively.
Chinese (Simplified, China)
to Chinese (Pinyin)
):This is purely cosmetic. This will rename the name of the keyboard layout from “Simplified, China” to simply “Pinyin” when using chinese to more accurately reflect the fact that pinyin can be used anywhere people want and is not restricted to simplified characters.
The long term effects are not tested, but there have been no sideeffects found by using this. It is recomended you manually change the values using regedit, and make a backup of your current values first. Nevertheless, the original values I had have been provided for reference.