If AHK sees my 'switch desktop' key, and the VMWare process is active, it will re-emit the hotkey sequence (after changing focus) to explorer. I converted a laptop Dell E6420 on a VM (P2V) with the help of VMware Vcenter Converter Standalone (version 5.0.1) Now I am running a VM Player ( version 4.0.6) and trying to run. AHK seems capable of capturing these hotkeys I added to vmware.exe where w10 vd enhancer (what I still use) and and probably zVirtualDesktop cannot. I then added the following to a persistent AHK script that I have run on boot, and stores other hotkeys & workflow helpers I use frequently. If I disabled this device, the keyboard would start working foir some time and then stop again. When I clicked the notification, it would highlight the 'VMware Host Keyboard Driver'. For more information, see Configuring the USB Controller and Connecting USB Devices in the VMware Fusion Help Guide. I was having problems with the VMware Host Keyboard Driver, Windows used to display a message that the USB device was not recognized. To do so, remove and re-add the USB Controller from the virtual machine. eg, the hotkey sequences I use to swap between virtual desktops: If you are using a wireless mouse or keyboard, ensure that you have not connected it to the virtual machine.
Using resource hacker, I modified the accelerator table for vmware.exe and added ALT+0/ALT+1/ALT+2. But I noticed that any accelerators (hotkeys, basically) defined by vmware.exe do not get trapped to the system, and make it down through to usermode. Bluestacks 5 not working on VMware Workstation Windows 10.
I could use the On-Screen keyboard to login but obviously I cannot work only with the On-Screen keyboard. When I look at Hardware properties the 'Standard PS/2 Keyboard' device status reads: 'Windows cannot start this hardware because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged (Code 19)'. All is well except the Keyboard refuses to work.
I booted this new vm in VMware Player 14 but the keyboard is not working while the mouse is ok. Hi All, I migrated a Windows 7 PC to VmWare Fusion using the migration aid.
It seems like vmware hooks keyboard input at a stupid low-level which I guess is fair, it's a virtualization application. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. I did a P2V with vCenter Converter of a Windows 10 Pro laptop to run it as virtual machine. While this doesn't solve the underlying issue with zVirtualDesktop, it has been disruptive enough to my workflow over the past year that I finally sat down to hack around this issue.