Clavier AZERTY allemand sur Lenovo LOQ vers clavier AZERTY français

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Hello everyone,

I bought a refurbished Lenovo LOQ on Back Market. It is equipped with a German AZERTY keyboard (with the specific German keys such as Ä, Ö, Ü, etc.).

My goal is simply to use it as a French AZERTY keyboard. For the letters and numbers, it generally works, and the extra German keys don’t bother me since I don’t intend to use them.

However, the special characters (@, €, #, [], {}, etc.) are not mapped correctly. Many do not correspond to a French AZERTY or don’t work at all, which makes using the keyboard quite painful.

Under Windows 11, I have already tried several things:

- install the French (France) and German layouts;
- select French AZERTY as the keyboard;
- also test German – French AZERTY.

Nevertheless, the special characters remain incorrect.

Has anyone encountered this problem with a German keyboard? Is there a solution to completely remap the keys so that it behaves exactly like a French AZERTY, or should I use a specific software (Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator, PowerToys, AutoHotkey, others...)?

Thanks in advance for your help!

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  1. brucine Posted messages 25072 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 169
     

    Hello,

    Are you sure it’s AZERTY German, in principle German and with the characters in question is QWERTZ, but never mind.

    Probably there is no other solution than a virtual keyboard or a software remapping, but it would be tedious and would ruin life, especially for the so‑called "third" keys with Alt Gr (for example at symbol, brackets...).

    Never a good idea to buy it with the problem of special characters except in special situations like English-French, me, I would return it...

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