Install this on the host machine as, for instance, WinTabHost.ahk.

There are programs like AutoHotKey that may allow other Host OSs to do something like this.īoth scripts be run in Administrator to be able to monitor processes that are also run as Administrator. This was written for a Windows 10 Host to a Windows 10 Guest, but I see no reason this can't work with other Guests. You can do a similar script on just the Host, but you'd have to press Alt after each use of Win+ Tab on the Guest machine to release the key-state. It requires AutoHotKey (or a similar scripting platform, you'll have to research syntax for that) to be ran on the Host and Guest system. Under VitualBox's menu, goto File > Preferences > Input and make sure Auto Capture Keyboard is unchecked. It also works with Windows Remote Desktop Connection. I really miss this functionality when I don't have it. This works every time specially when all other options fails like how it happened for me.This allows you to use Win+ Tab on the Guest Machine, while Alt+ Tab will be passed to the host. In ANKSVM.vbox and ANKSVM.vbox-prev files:

home//VirtualBox VMs/ANKSVM) where ANKSVM is your VM Name and edit and change the following

Close all virtual machines and VirtualBox windows.įind your machine config files (i.e.

Finally i found the following when all the other options fails:įix the Scale Mode Issue in Oracle VirtualBox in Ubuntu using the following steps: Select Input > Virtual Machine tab Select Shortcut in the Host Key. I even tried the command line option to revert back the scale mode and it won't work either. Change Virtual Box Host Key From the Top Menu choose File > Preferences. For me, when i was trying to revert back the Host key, it was just not happening and the shortcut keys won't just work. Now if anyone is using or has ever used Ubuntu, you might be aware that how things are hard sometimes when using shortcut keys in Ubuntu. I was having the similar issue when using VirtualBox on Ubuntu 12.04LTS.

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