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I couldn't find this anywhere on the internet, for some reason windows wont let me type Shift+F. I tried turning on caps lock and pressing Shift+F, still nothing. I know this is not hardware because I tried it with multiple keyboards. I closed everything that my computer let me close, but nothing. It's probably a windows option. Does anyone know what this could be? (I think its something to do with the Control panel) running windows 7

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  • There not going to be a "user can't use Shift+F" option. ;) Have you performed a reboot yet? Does regular "F" work? Does "Shift" work with other keys? If you log into Windows in Safe Mode, does it work as expected there? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 May 12 '17 at 16:48
  • Safe mode is too long and sluggish of a process. I just tried launching it many times but never worked. I tried rebooting as I did the safe mode thing, still doesnt work. f does work regularly, thats how I can use caps lock + f. And shift works with other keys. – The Guy that is The One May 12 '17 at 17:01
  • "Safe mode is too long and sluggish of a process" What does that mean? "I just tried launching it many times but never worked" If you can't boot in safe mode, then you have a bigger problem than your Shift+F not working. – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 May 12 '17 at 17:04
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    You need to give the community longer than an hour before you start to asking that question. I would provide us more information if you want an answer though – Ramhound May 12 '17 at 18:01
  • @TheGuythatisTheOne – I advice you to stop bumping here, this is not a fast-reply board. Also please (1) check my updated answer below and (2) [edit] your question to provide others details they are asking. Low quality questions attract downvotes and close votes, it can happen that your question gets closed so I'd advice you to cooperate. – miroxlav May 12 '17 at 18:49
  • @TheGuythatisTheOne I have flagged your inappropriate behavior to a moderator. I strongly suggest improving the quality of your question instead of "bumping" your question with a comment because it doesn't actually bump your question...to the first page. – Ramhound May 12 '17 at 19:00
  • You think I would mark your's as answer after you reporting me AND downvoting? OF COURSE not. – The Guy that is The One May 12 '17 at 19:12
  • @TheGuythatisTheOne – (1) please where you found I reported or downvoted the question? (2) Some people asked you for input, you did not answer them, but perhaps you ignored them. So some of them reported and downvoted question of low quality, don't you think they were right? (3) You do not need to mark my answer, just mark the most helpful answer. – miroxlav May 12 '17 at 21:25
  • Well I didnt mark anything (Even if helpful) for answer. Yours didnt help AT ALL – The Guy that is The One May 13 '17 at 10:09

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This question is repeating for various hotkeys here on the SuperUser. One of the easiest ways to rule out the problem is to prepare your computer for restart and then start killing applications and processes, starting with most likely ones. After each kill, check whether the shortcut is still taken. This way you will determine which application/process caused the problem.

Please see this Q/A and case similar to yours.

EDIT:
You can use Process Explorer to get real overview of all processes. It will perhaps show more than you were able to see. Then you also can start stopping the services.

A. stop non-Microsoft processes

  1. Run Processs Explorer.

  2. menu View > Show processes from all users ← check this item if it is not checked.

  3. menu View > Select columns...: on Process Image tab check Company Name.

    Now concentrate on all the software which is not from the Microsoft. Most likely the software from the Microsoft is not causing the problem. Observe column Company Name in the table, so you can quickly recognize non-Microsoft processes and kill them all.

B. stop non-Microsoft services

  1. Open Windows Services console
  2. Stop every service which has path different than C:\Windows – you can see the path when you open properties of each service.

Remeber to test the keyboard shortcut after each termination.

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Global hotkeys can be registered by any application on Windows. So most probably an application has taken this shortcut.

On Windows 7 it seems to be safe to use Windows Hotkey Explorer to see which one it is.

Source: How can I determine which process owns a hotkey in Windows?

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