diff --git a/src/common/SettingsAPI/settings_objects.h b/src/common/SettingsAPI/settings_objects.h
index a09f7afb62f..d48093080c7 100644
--- a/src/common/SettingsAPI/settings_objects.h
+++ b/src/common/SettingsAPI/settings_objects.h
@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ namespace PowerToysSettings
             }
             std::array<BYTE, 256> key_states{}; // Zero-initialize
             std::array<wchar_t, 256> output;
-            auto output_bytes = ToUnicodeEx(key_code, scan_code, key_states.data(), output.data(), (int)output.size() - 1, 0, layout);
+            const UINT wFlags = 1 << 2; // If bit 2 is set, keyboard state is not changed (Windows 10, version 1607 and newer)
+            auto output_bytes = ToUnicodeEx(key_code, scan_code, key_states.data(), output.data(), (int)output.size() - 1, wFlags, layout);
             if (output_bytes <= 0)
             {
                 // If ToUnicodeEx fails (e.g. for F1-F12 keys) use GetKeyNameTextW
diff --git a/src/common/interop/keyboard_layout.cpp b/src/common/interop/keyboard_layout.cpp
index a37cc787de3..441059bbb05 100644
--- a/src/common/interop/keyboard_layout.cpp
+++ b/src/common/interop/keyboard_layout.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ bool mapKeycodeToUnicode(const int vCode, HKL layout, const BYTE* keyState, std:
     // Get the scan code from the virtual key code
     const UINT scanCode = MapVirtualKeyExW(vCode, MAPVK_VK_TO_VSC, layout);
     // Get the unicode representation from the virtual key code and scan code pair
-    const int result = ToUnicodeEx(vCode, scanCode, keyState, outBuffer.data(), (int)outBuffer.size(), 0, layout);
+    const UINT wFlags = 1 << 2; // If bit 2 is set, keyboard state is not changed (Windows 10, version 1607 and newer)
+    const int result = ToUnicodeEx(vCode, scanCode, keyState, outBuffer.data(), (int)outBuffer.size(), wFlags, layout);
     return result != 0;
 }