RichTea.4572

I agree it isn't a Windows problem (though Windows exacerbates the issue). GW2 is installing a en-US keyboard when it's launched (from my testing, once you pass the character selection screen), which adds the language bar etc. Most of the language bar functionality and settings can probably be hidden through settings, though to hide the item from my task bar I have to turn on a 'desktop switcher' which I can't see, so I don't really know what I'm doing there. Instead I leave it in the tray, as at least it's a known quantity. The reason Windows (10 anyway) makes this worse is there's an unremovable binding for "WIN+SPACE" to switch system languages, which means once GW2 has added en-US, that key combination will swap you between it and your preferred language (en-GB in my case). A "workaround" which uses an AutoHotKey application is described here (https://superuser.com/questions/1000678/disable-winspace-keyboad-layout-switch-in-windows-10?rq=1) but I haven't tried it, as from my understanding it needs to be constantly running to intercept the hotkey to prevent it doing anything.