Thank you! The "Optimize for video games" setting WORKED!
It was driving me crazy that build 6.0.11994 was behaving flaky with CTRL, ALT and WIN keys that I could not properly "Copy Shortcut" in Windows Explorer:
In Windows Explorer:
1. Drag and drop a file.
2. While dragging a file, but BEFORE releasing the mouse button -- Press the ALT(option) key.
In Parallels, nothing happens. (WRONG)
In real native Windows, a shortcut icon shows up. (CORRECT)
Please, Parallels, there are dozens of people complaining about this, fix this in the next build (after the buggy 11994) or make "Optimize for video games" default!!
NOTE: This also fixes the ALT "rectangle block" copy-and-paste in Visual Studio, and so many operations that require pressing a modifier key in the middle of holding a mouse button.
Last edited: Mar 31, 2011