I have been using left alt key-- my dos program makes use of a number of
"hotkeys". e.g. "alt {end}" works as expected but "alt {f3}" causes the
problem.
In keybard settings, "Right Alt" is set as the host key, and I have tried
changing the settings for "allow windows key combinations" , starting and
restarting the vm, but it makes no difference.
"Steve Jain [MVP]" wrote:
Quote:
> On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:27:01 -0700, Fred
> <Fred@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
> >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.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>