I was thinking that it could be due to some program catching the key-combination, but I can't seem to find any (did scans with S&D, AVG, Ad-Aware).

If I click the taskbar (the one that used to contain the 'Start' button) and press WinKey+ R, it works!.

WinKey+ X followed by WinKey+ R, for example, doesn't yield any result.

(But it's not consistent when I have to do this – it might the Local Group Policy, could have been altered. The reasoning behind using this method is that when updating Windows 10, a couple of system settings e.g. I have toĬhange focus to another window (e.g., to Command Prompt) and only thenĬan I press ( WinKey+ R) twice to open the Windows 10 facial recognition not working can easily be fixed by enabling biometrics.

When I'm in Chrome browser (for example) and I scroll a page, it'sĮnough for WinKey+ R to be ignored.

I don't recall if it's been there since I've installed Windows 10 or appeared after, but I would like it if I didn't have to install it all over again.Īll the time, as does the WinKey itself to open the Start Menu. To flip back and forth between two frequent-used applications or documents worked on Windows, you can use the Alt + Tab shortcut key. When I press WinKey+ R to bring up the run-command, it started not working all the time. Once we use our computer, we always run many applications or documents in same time.

Windows + r not working