As it turns out, this ends up confusing Excel into believing that Screen Lock is enabled even when it’s not. Method 2: Cycling through the state of the Sticky keysĪs multiple users have reported, this issue can also occur if the Sticky Keys feature glitches and become stuck in a limbo state. If you’re still experiencing the same behaviour, move down to the next method below.
Eventually, one of the fixes should resolve the issue regardless of the culprit that is causing the issue. To remain as efficient as possible, we encourage you to follow the methods in the order that they are presented since they are ordered by efficiency and severity. In the section below, you’ll find a collection of methods that other users in a similar situation have successfully used to fix the problem. If you’re currently experiencing this issue and you’re looking for a fix that will allow you to revert back to the default behavior, this article will provide you with several troubleshooting steps. If this scenario is applicable, you can resolve the issue by removing any suspicious add-in from your active fleet.
Corrupted Add-in or Add-in conflict – Certain add-ins or an add-in conflict can also be responsible for this behavior.Several users that have been encountering this issue have reported that they managed to resolve it by temporarily enabling and then disabling the sticky keys. Glitched sticky keys – Another potential cause that will cause this behavior is if the Sticky keys are stuck in a limbo state.If this scenario is applicable, you can resolve the issue by using the On-screen keyboard to disable the Screen Lock. In most cases, the key is accidentally enabled by the user via the FN keys. Scroll Lock Key is enabled – This is the most common culprit that will trigger this issue.