Hi Robert,
I don't run Windows on my Mac, but I always understood that there were
two popular ways to handle key mapping under Fusion: one way was by
using Sharp Keys, which is a Windows registry hack that lets you
associate two different list views of keys. The second way was to use
VMware Fusion's own Preferences > Keyboard & Mouse menu to remap keys
and do this with a one-time connection of a Windows USB keyboard.
This method, outlined originally for version 2.0 of Fusion, worked for
any virtual operating system (e.g., if you were running linux on your
Mac, there's no way that a Windows registry hack would help you remap
keys, since there's no Windows operating system or registry). You
needed to connect a keyboard at least once, because the remapped
settings were defined by key presses on the keyboard, rather than a
list view of keys.
There may be other ways to define the key codes for remapping in the
current version of Fusion. You can look this up in the "Take Control
of VMware Fusion 3" guide, which is, after all, free, under
sponsorship from VMware:
http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/vmware-fusion-3
Incidentally, I've heard anecdotally that Fusion 3 is slow with 32-bit
operating systems but very fast with 64-bit systems, so it seems worth
sorting out the key mapping issues.
Cheers,
Esther
Robert Carter wrote:
Hi,
I am disappointed that SharpKeys does not work with the 64 bit
version of Windows 7. Does anybody know of a key mapping program
that does work with 64 bit Windows?
Robert Carter
On May 16, 2010, Esther wrote:
Hi Kawal,
Users who are interested in Sharp Keys for remapping keys in
Windows under Fusion can download it free from randyrants.com:
http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/
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