Russian mnemonic keyboard three letters missing: щ ч э

Anonymous
2012-12-24T05:08:49+00:00

It is nice that windows 8 added a mnemonic Russian keyboard.

Unfortunately there are three letters which I can not find: щ, ч and э.

These three letters exist in the standard Russian keyboard. They are at the following location (in the US  keyboard): o,x and '.

Without these three letters the mnemonic keyboard is useless

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Anonymous
2013-01-16T03:58:39+00:00

You just need to type multiple keys to get to those letters: For example some (not all) of them:

sh -> ш

ch -> ч

jo -> ё

je -> э

And this is just awesome. This means you just type the way it sounds and Russian letters just magically produced.

Chego eschjo xhelat'? -> Чего ещё желать?

Note that the left hand side is quite readable as is.

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2013-01-24T14:59:23+00:00

It is nice that windows 8 added a mnemonic Russian keyboard.

Unfortunately there are three letters which I can not find: щ, ч and э.

These three letters exist in the standard Russian keyboard. They are at the following location (in the US  keyboard): o,x and '.

Without these three letters the mnemonic keyboard is useless

One not very obvious aspect is the way the combination "ые" is typed, by the way. You actually need to hit the spacebar after typing [English] 'y', so that the keyboard knows you are in fact typing 'ы' and not the first element of ’э', which is entered using the English key sequence 'ye'. By contrast, if you want to type 'ые’ (as in 'красивые') you need to type '[krasiv]y[spacebar]e.'

Was frustrating for me before I figured that one out...

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-06-06T19:42:53+00:00
    1. I've got an idea (just a guess) why setup.exe did not work for you - please try again but this way:
    • right mouse click and choose 'Run as Administrator'

    Thanks, Paul! Sorry for the delay in responding.

    I just tried (1) and (2) in your message, and still no progress. In either case, when I end up with 'Russian' selected, there is no way to switch from English to Russian. (When I tried option 2, I did receive the confirmation that the items were now in the registry.)

    I will try (3) and see if that makes a difference...

    I just tried option (3). Unfortunately, when i do this, it gives me the option to run as administrator, but then I get the message, "This app can't run on your PC. To find apps for this PC, open the Windows Store." 

    Again, this leads me to think it's a limitation of Windows RT, on the Surface 2, for which it seems that the only 'apps' or 'programs' (or what the Surface treats as apps or programs) that can be installed are those that come from the Windows Store.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-06-06T19:39:04+00:00
    1. What if you add Mnemonic, then Remove 'Russian' and then Add 'Russian' and remove 'Mnemonic", that is. try to remove and then add again 'Russian'?

    If it does not help:

    1. Try (it's totally safe) this:
    • download http://winrus.com/LangBarFix.zip
    • extract files from this zip-archive - should have now ctfmon.REG file in a folder
    • click on that file (make sure you see confirmation message that the information is in Registry now)
    • log-off from Windows and then Login again

    The purpose of the above steps is to re-activate MS Windows "language switch" module - CTFMON

    :)

    1. I've got an idea (just a guess) why setup.exe did not work for you - please try again but this way:
    • right mouse click and choose 'Run as Administrator'

    Thanks, Paul! Sorry for the delay in responding.

    I just tried (1) and (2) in your message, and still no progress. In either case, when I end up with 'Russian' selected, there is no way to switch from English to Russian. (When I tried option 2, I did receive the confirmation that the items were now in the registry.)

    I will try (3) and see if that makes a difference...

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-06-02T19:00:40+00:00
    1. What if you add Mnemonic, then Remove 'Russian' and then Add 'Russian' and remove 'Mnemonic", that is. try to remove and then add again 'Russian'?

    If it does not help:

    1. Try (it's totally safe) this:
    • download http://winrus.com/LangBarFix.zip
    • extract files from this zip-archive - should have now ctfmon.REG file in a folder
    • click on that file (make sure you see confirmation message that the information is in Registry now)
    • log-off from Windows and then Login again

    The purpose of the above steps is to re-activate MS Windows "language switch" module - CTFMON

    :)

    1. I've got an idea (just a guess) why setup.exe did not work for you - please try again but this way:
    • right mouse click and choose 'Run as Administrator'

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