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Telby30
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Caps-lock and num-lock turning off when clicking into horizon client

Hello All!

My users are complaining that when they open a desktop, their caps-lock and num-lock are not set.

Example - If I have both num-lock and caps-lock on for my physical pc, when I click inside the virtual desktop they are off and I have to turn them on again.

Is there any way to have the client keep the keyboard settings of the physical device they are connecting from?

Note - I have tried this KB with no luck -> The Num Lock setting for USB numeric keypads might be misread by Horizon View Client for Windows (20...

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BuzzBourque
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I ended up scripting a solution for my issue which was similar but just numlock.

I created a .vbs file that determines the current numlock state and sends a keystroke to turn on if necessary. I placed the file in "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

on error resume next

Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application")

if not objWord.NumLock ="True" then

set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

WshShell.SendKeys "{NUMLOCK}"

end if

objWord.Quit