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Old 06-03-2009   #2 (permalink)
Steve Jain [MVP]


 
 

Re: Keybaord Hot Keys

On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:27:01 -0700, Fred
<Fred@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>Using VPC2007 on WinXP.
>I have set up a DOS/Win3.1 virtual pc.
>My question--
>While running a dos program I find that its hotkeys are not available-e.g.
>alt f3 would delete a text line. When this combination is pressed, it opens
>a program on the host computer.
>
>Is there a way to define hotkey settings within VPC or on XP so that I can
>obtain expected behavior of the keys within a VPC session?
>
>Fred
Which ALT key are you using? By default, the right-ALt is the hostkey
and doesn't function as an ALT key inside a VM.
Try using the left ALT key and see if that works. You can also change
the mapping for the hostkey to something other than the right-ALt.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
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