Until today morning, my keyboard kept typing gibberish, for no particular reason. However, upon going to Command Prompt and typing the command ipconfig/flushDNS, the problem was mysteriously solved. I don't know how that helped. Anyone who can explain?
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Sometimes I have experienced a logically "stuck" control/alt/windows key in my keyboard, despite the physical keys not being stuck. Usually clicking the offending key again will solve the issue. There is a possibility this was fixed by itself because when opening the terminal window, you used some key combination which was comprised of the offending key (e.g. Win+R to open the run console to execute powershell/cmd)
Next time you will know if this is the case if pressing certain keys will result in the "special key" + clickedkey action instead of the standard clickedkey action itself.
There is a more in depth related answer here: Control key acts as if it is stuck periodically
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1This does not really answer the question about how the command fixed it. – Charles Kenyon Apr 12 '21 at 15:41
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I edited the answer so a clear connection is made between the question and the answer, thanks! – HaroldH Apr 12 '21 at 15:45
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My keyboard kept typing prefix "^[". Don't know why but this solves the issue. – yutseho Jun 24 '21 at 05:56