Saturday, January 10, 2015

How to get the # (hash) key in Windows, using VMWare Fusion on a Mac from a UK keyboard

There is no key for the # in a Mac UK keyboard so when I need it in Mac application I use Alt - 3. This is fine but not when running a Windows Virtual on the Mac via VMware Fusion. For that I use, Cmd - \ (Command backslash) 
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10 comments:

  1. PFoggApril 5, 2016 at 5:41 AM

    Thanks, was driving me mad!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 30, 2016 at 3:38 PM

    oh sweet baby jesus thank you!

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2017 at 5:26 PM

    saviour! :)

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  4. AnonymousMarch 29, 2017 at 10:21 AM

    Thank you!!! Driving me insane when doing CSS classes!

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  5. AnonymousApril 19, 2017 at 9:35 AM

    For anyone using Visual Studio on Win 7 via Virtual Box on OSX host, use the
    fn backslash keys. I know it's a rare case in this set up but after reading this post after 2 years I finally found my answer, hahahaaa......

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  6. AnonymousJuly 17, 2017 at 12:51 PM

    you area star **

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  7. Used PC SupplierAugust 23, 2017 at 9:28 AM

    Nice Blog Post !

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  8. Sam HolmesJanuary 22, 2018 at 4:33 AM

    Oh my god I needed to enter my password and it took me so long to figure out what was going on, thank you so much! Why isn't this documented anywhere?

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  9. AnonymousAugust 17, 2018 at 11:36 AM

    HUGE APPLAUSE! This has been driving me nuts

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  10. AnonymousAugust 15, 2019 at 8:23 AM

    Thanks a million...its been driving me nuts too!

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