Windows – How to fix backtick only working after a delay

keyboardwindows 7

When I press the ` (backtick) key, I have to hold it down for about a second before it inputs the character. When it starts inputting, it will input a stream (like ```````).

How can this be fixed?

It is not a dead key. I am using the 'US' layout. Pressing the key twice does nothing, I have to press and hold to insert the backtick symbol. This doesn't happen for any other key.
There are no settings enabled in Ease of Access → Make the keyboard easier to use.

The key works perfectly fine in Ubuntu 13.10 (I'm dual-booting), so it's unlikely to be a hardware issue.

I'm currently using the 'US' keyboard layout, switching to 'United Kingdom' makes the key work normally, however that's not an option as other keys are changed as well. The key also works normally on the login (Welcome) screen.

Best Answer

This was happening for me as well, and I fixed it doing the following (was led to this solution by user9999999's suggestion in the op comments.

  1. Click Start, type "ïntl.cpl",
  2. Go to "Keyboard and Languages" tab,
  3. Click "Change Keyboards" button
  4. Click "Advanced Key Settings" tab
  5. In the "Hot keys for input languages" for the action "Between Input Languages" and click "Change Key Sequence" button below
  6. Remove or replace the "grave accent" mark as its trigger with a different one.
  7. Click "ok" a couple of times to save and exit the dialog.
Related Question