QWERTY to AZERTY keyboard in DOS

Euhhhhhh !
That's called an XP bug!
Well spotted!
I found the solution.
The "DOS" window doesn't take into account local settings...since it doesn't read the good old autoexec.bat and config.sys!
You put it in direct mode and voilà, it works!!!
Type this at the prompt
KB16 fr
and then type edit
and oh miracle!!!
you're in AZERTY!

And they haven't fixed the little bug under Vista either (just for your information!)

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try to do alt 58
hold down the left alt key and then type 58 on the numeric keypad/when you release alt it will give you the colon...
try it first with notepad.exe, you'll see!

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No, I'm currently in AZERTY but when I open the editor, I switch to QWERTY.

No problem.
Have a good evening.
Best regards
Philo2100
I added the tip to the CCM knowledge base, so everyone can benefit from it.
http://www.commentcamarche.net/faq/sujet 7796 l editor of xp and vista is in qwerty
;-)
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Hello, I am using Windows XP and I don't know how to switch my keyboard to AZERTY mode
HELP

I bought an ACER Extensa 4220 PC in Lebanon and I would like to change the keyboard from QWERTY to AZERTY and the language from Lebanese or English to French.

try shift 'm'

arf ...

Hi!

"Google is your friend" ;)

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:KB_Canadian_French.svg

The : are therefore the M key in uppercase! And there you go!
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Hello again,
I'm sorry for having asked the question before reading the posts about QWERTY; I was caught up in my formatting issues and it was only when I needed to give a relevant title to my message that I thought of it.
By reading the other posts on this topic, I was able to change the keyboard in DOS.
However, I have another problem: I typed the command "format C:" but it responds "Bad command or file name." Isn't this exactly what I should type to format everything?
Thank you.

Hello;
In that case, I recommend formatting your PC using the Windows XP installation CD!...

Usually, you go through the XP CD, and then it's going to ask you whether to format or not!
Otherwise, download this for a floppy disk:
http://membres.lycos.fr/glsft/Download/BootDos622.zip
format.exe is on it ;-)

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the key : in qwerty corresponds to the M key (still needs to be tested if it's uppercase or lowercase)

I think we can consider the post as resolved.
Friday, January 26, 2007 at 8:13:56 PM

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Hello,
when I open the command prompt, my keyboard is correctly switched to AZERTY, but when I enter the editor, my keyboard changes to QWERTY. How can I set the editor to AZERTY?
Thank you in advance for your response.

Do you mean that when you run/type cmd
you're using qwerty?

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It indeed works. Thank you very much for your help!

Response to those who have a problem with AZERTY or QWERTY keyboards, especially under VISTA. VISTA allows switching between languages at will, whether from English to French or vice versa; however, an obstacle remains for pure DOS or applications running in DOS windows: This can involve QBASIC, the DOS editor "EDIT", or for those interested, the DEBUG program. I found a simple solution that involves installing a QWERTY keyboard with a USB connection. Not only does it work, but on a laptop, the additional keyboard coexists perfectly with the main keyboard. Plus, you "save" the main keyboard.