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I have a Windows VM running in Parallels and is working just fine. I have mapped Apple-⌘ Cmd key to Windows-Alt and Apple-⌥ Opt to Windows-⊞ Win.
When I press ⌘ Cmd–Tab – even in full screen mode – I cycle through all Apps running in both Windows and MacOS. How do I get it to just be Windows?
According to this article on macosxhints you can press ctrl-alt to get AltGr. Sometimes that doesn't work, so you'll have to remap your keys under windows, which is described in the linked to article.
There's also this article on Parallels' forums which suggests you do this:
- Stop any running VMs, close all instances of Parallels Desktop for Mac.
- Launch “Macintosh HD” - “Applications” – “Utilities” – “Terminal”.
- Type the following commands in Terminal (without quotes), please mind that the system might ask you for the Administrator password after each command – type it and hit Enter:
- “sudo touch /Library/Parallels/.keyboard_config”
- “sudo chmod 666 /Library/Parallels/.keyboard_config”
- “sudo echo "numenterisaltgr" > /Library/Parallels/.keyboard_config”
- Close the Terminal.
- Launch Parallels Desktop for Mac and check Right Enter key behavior in VM – everything should work as you’ve set.
You must deselect the "Share Windows applications with Mac" option in the Applications pane of your VM's configuration.
Best Answer
To disable the OS X system keyboard shortcuts while the focus is on your VM, just change the setting under Shortcuts labelled "Send OS X system shortcuts" to Always. This will send all keystrokes only to the VM when it has the focus.