Choose a non-dead-key layout
Select the plain layout matching the physical keyboard when immediate punctuation is preferred.
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Fix dead-key behavior by selecting the intended Windows keyboard layout.
If apostrophe followed by E produces é, the active layout is composing accents; the physical quote key is working.
In Notepad, press apostrophe then E, and apostrophe then Space.
Press Windows+Space and read the full layout name.
Choose plain US if accent composition is unwanted, or retain the international layout intentionally.
In Language & region options, remove only layouts you do not use.
Select the plain layout matching the physical keyboard when immediate punctuation is preferred.
Not when it composes accented characters. That behavior is defined by the selected keyboard layout.
Microsoft Learn. Windows keyboard layouts and locale-specific input behavior.