I'm trying to enter unicode characters by using Alt+####
but I'm not being able to.
In Registry Editor, I added a new String value called EnableHexNumpad
with value of 1 in HKCU\Control Panel\Input Method
and rebooted, but nothing has changed. What's happening?
I'm using Window 8.1, tried on Word, Notepad, Chrome, Visual Studio, nothing…
Any clue?
Thanks in advance!
edit:
reg query "HKCU\Control Panel\Input Method"
output:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method
Show Status REG_SZ 1
EnableHexNumpad REG_SZ 1
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method\Hot Keys
Edit: It was PEBKAC!
I was trying to type stuff like Alt+2075 (✅) without actually typing plus!
Thanks to @JosefZ for clarifying this out for me.
Best Answer
To improve discoverability, I'm going to copy JosefZ's comment from more than a year ago into an answer:
The registry setting in question is
which can be obtained from the command line by typing: