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ejk8626:
My system is Dell XPS8900 Desktop with a 1 TB HDD and 16 GB memory. Running WIN 10 Home, Build 19041.508, Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.31.0 (whatever the heck that is...). I have taken all updates as they come.

I have been frustrated for about a month now because I cannot get the emoji keyboard to come up using the standard WIN + . or ; shortcut keys. In my search for an answer, I have run across several tweaks and tried all of them to no avail.

I believe this issue happened after a recent "update" to my system, but I cannot pin down precisely when I noticed it because I do not use that shortcut key combo very often. This is frustrating because on the occasions when I do want to use any emojis, I cannot get the emoji keyboard to come up. I have taken to using GetEmoji and Emojipedia as workarounds.

Any guidance or assistance will be most appreciated.

Thanks.

Boggin:
This article is dated August 18 2020 so it must have been one of the September updates.

https://www.howtogeek.com/351344/how-to-use-windows-10%E2%80%99s-new-emoji-picker-in-any-app/

Can you check your restore points to see how far they go back to see if any of those will restore the hotkeys for the emoji keyboard.

ejk8626:
Thanks, Tom.


I subscribe to How-to Geek and checked their archive before I wrote my message. I am familiar with that article. It does not, however, address my issue.


I checked my restore points and they do not go back far enough (only a week or so).


I am thinking about doing a "clean up" on my machine and may have to just do a reinstall (not a reset).


Thanks for your interest and assistance.

Boggin:
I've just tried the Win key and ; and my emoji keyboard came up and I'm fully up to date with my Win 10, although I don't have the Windows Feature Experience Pack.

It may not have been one of the updates.

In System Restore was there an option to check the box to show more restore points.

Rather than a reinstall you can perform a repair install which doesn't affect personal stuff or installed programs, but before I take you through that, open a Command Prompt (Admin) and enter these cmds and then try those key combos again.

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

sfc /scannow

Enter exit to close the cmd window.

To perform a repair install you will need Win 10 install media.

You can create either a bootable DVD or USB after reading - https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10

It defaults to creating the USB and I've found it best to insert an USB before downloading the MCT.

With the install media inserted, open Windows/File Explorer - This PC and double click on the media's drive.

This will start the process if using a DVD but will open to the files when using an USB where you would then double click on setup Application.

I think this took about 4hrs on one of my machines.

ejk8626:
Thanks, Tom. I'll let you know how it turns out.


Stay tuned...

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