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The Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator 1.4 doesn't show the keyboard (empty grey screen) or the keys are blank (not labeled).

For example: no keyboard visible

How can this be fixed?

root
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  • This is a very old and outdated software, dating from 2007. – harrymc Nov 26 '19 at 20:12
  • @harrymc It's quite old but as far as I know not outdated, it's fully functional. According to [the blog post](https://web.archive.org/web/20130618134640/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2010/06/24/10028177.aspx), the problem described here is the only major known one. I'm not aware of better alternative software. If you are, let me know. – root Nov 26 '19 at 20:44

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The solution is to "futz with the per-application and overall DPI settings" (note the "and"!). Source: this archived blog post by a developer of MSKLC.

In other words, try at least one of the following:

  • "Control Panel" → "Display" → "Set custom text size (DPI)" → change the value a little bit
  • Right click on MSKLC.exe → "Compatibility" → modify DPI settings
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I got it working by resetting my advanced scaling options to 100%.

In Settings go to Display and select Advanced Scaling Options (highlighted in red):

Windows display settings

Set scaling to 100%:

Advanced scaling options

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