Windows: Set Chinese Pinyin to Dvorak Layout

If you type Chinese and use the Dvorak Keyboard Layout , here's how to set Microsoft pinyin input method to use Dvorak layout. (works in Microsoft Windows 10, Vista, 7.)

(微軟拼音輸入法 Dvorak 佈局)

Set it to Dvorak

Step 1. Press ❖ Window key, type powershell, to launch the PowerShell terminal.

Step 2. Paste the following and press enter.

# set Microsoft pinyin input system to use dvorak layout
Set-ItemProperty -Path "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts\00000804" -Name "Layout File" -Value "KBDDV.DLL"

Step 3. Restart Windows.

Set it Back to QWERTY

To set it back to QWERTY, run this code:

# set Microsoft pinyin input system to use qwerty layout
Set-ItemProperty -Path "hklm:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layouts\00000804" -Name "Layout File" -Value "KBDUS.DLL"

See also:

• Windows: Registry Tutorial
• PowerShell: Windows Registry

Registry Location for Asian Languages

Here is the Registry Location for other languages.

Before you change, write down the original value, just in case you want to change it back.

Get Dvorak Keyboard

You can buy a Dvorak keyboard. That way, it's directly Dvorak, for any input method you chose.

[see List of Hardware Dvorak Layout Keyboards]

Reference

Not all keyboards are included in MSKLC's lists 2005-04-16, by Michael S Kaplan. At http://blogs.msdn.com/b/michkap/archive/2005/04/16/408853.aspx. (Note that Michael is the one who created the Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator )

See also:

• Pinyin Letter Frequency 拼音字母頻率