Modifying keys

Discussion in 'General Questions' started by AndreL1, May 23, 2015.

  1. AndreL1

    AndreL1 Member

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    Hi. I use a regular keyboard for Windows and I like the regular windows experience on mac, switching cmd for ctrl.
    For that, I change I go to Mac Preferences > Keyboard > Modifying Keys (probably this in english) and change ctrl for cmd keys on the desired keyboard.
    When I'm using Windows, tho, it causes a reverse situation. When I hit the ctrl key on the windows keyboard on my virtual machine, it opens the Windows' start menu, when the windows key was supposed to do that.

    Is there a way to fix that other than switching the Modifying keys back to original settings everytime I run Windows VM?

    Thx
     
  2. PaulChristopher@Parallels

    PaulChristopher@Parallels Product Expert Staff Member

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    Hello AndreL1,
    To solve the issue, you need to edit the modifier keys handling settings in your virtual machine configuration.
    Please refer the knowledge Base article http://kb.parallels.com/116994 to learn how to fix Problems with Ctrl, Alt, Cmd, Shift and other modifiers.
    Please feel free to reply for further assistance. We will be happy to help you.
     
  3. AndreL1

    AndreL1 Member

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    Didn't work. I changed it to Optimize for Games, but it still uses "Ctrl" as "Windows Key" on the VM.
    There's a screen shot of how my modifiers keys are set up on Mac.
     

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  4. PaulChristopher@Parallels

    PaulChristopher@Parallels Product Expert Staff Member

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    Hello AndreL1,
    Please submit a Problem Report ID http://kb.parallels.com/9058 and provide us the ID number, so that we check it for you.
     

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