Ctrl (Control) key locks up

tsunami1977

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I am not sure what I am accidentially hitting on the keyboard.
But often when I am working in Excel and selecting multiple cells by using the "Ctrl" key, the key locks up. And I cannot unlock it.
This problem then continues to all other programs that I am using.
Thus not allowing me to continue my work.
The only way I have been stopping this is rebooting my PC.
Has anyone experienced this problem and know a way to prevent this from happening?

Any help would be great!

Thanks!
 

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Sounds like you may have accidentally enabled the "sticky keys.

You can check this under Accessibility Options in the Windows control panel.
 
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I checked the control panel, and the sticky key isn't selected.
But there was a shortcut option for the sticky key which was selected, so I unchecked that one.
Hopefully that will resolve the problem.
Thanks for the advice!
 
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