Override For Default Input Method Windows 11 Advanced Keyboard Settings Access

Find GUIDs under:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts Each layout’s folder has a Layout Text name. The folder name itself is the GUID.

Example for US English: 00000409 (not a GUID, but a locale ID—older format still works).

If you’ve ever switched between English, Japanese, or Russian keyboards—only to have Windows randomly flip back to the wrong one when you open a Command Prompt or a game—you’ve felt the frustration. The culprit is a small, powerful, and often misunderstood setting buried in Advanced Keyboard Settings : Override for default input method .