Emoji Picker Not Working on Windows 10/11 — Win + . Click But Nothing Inserts [FIX]

Описание: If your emoji picker opens with Win + . but clicking an emoji does nothing — no paste in Notepad, no emoji in Facebook — this guide will fix it.
We’ll restart the right services, refresh text input, and if needed, apply a registry tweak to re-enable emoji support on Windows.

Steps in this video:

1️⃣ Restart Text Input Service

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager

Find CTF Loader under background processes → right-click → End Task

Press Win + R, type ctfmon.exe and hit Enter

2️⃣ Make Sure the Service is Enabled

Press Win + R, type services.msc

On Windows 11 → find Text Input Management Service

On Windows 10 → find Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service

Set startup type to Automatic → click Start

3️⃣ Test in Supported Apps

New Notepad, browsers, or chat apps work fine

Older programs might not support emoji input

4️⃣ PowerShell Refresh

Run PowerShell as Administrator

Paste: "Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.WindowsInputExperienceHost | Reset-AppxPackage"
📝 Remove inverted comma ""

5️⃣ Registry Refresh (for stubborn cases)
Open Notepad and paste:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Input]
"EnableHexNumpad"=-
"InputMethodEnabled"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Text Services\Install]
"InputMethodEnabled"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Input\Settings]
"EnableExpressiveInputShellHotkey"=dword:00000001
"EnableExpressiveInputEmoji"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Input]
"EnableExpressiveInputShellHotkey"=dword:00000001
"EnableExpressiveInputEmoji"=dword:00000001

Save as TextServicesRefresh.reg (Save as type: All Files)

Double-click to merge into the registry

Restart your PC

Now your emoji picker should work anywhere it’s supported.