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Exit Full Screen mode in Hyper-V

Anonymous
2013-07-09T13:53:03+00:00

I have been running Hyper-V on my Surface Pro, but can find no easy way to exit Full Screen mode with using a proper keyboard.  The control sequence to exit Full Screen mode is CTRL + ALT + PAUSE (Changes the Virtual Machine Connection window to / from full screen mode.)

I can find no equivalent to the Pause key on a Type Cover.  I have tried the media key (pause) in combination with CTRL + ALT, but with no luck.

Considering that the version of Windows 8 that ships is the Pro version, that supports Hyper-V, I find it strange that Microsoft appear not to cater for this key combination, or allow it to be changed in Hyper-V.

Any ideas?

CTRL + ALT + PAUSE Changes the Virtual Machine Connection window to / from full screen mode.
CTRL + ALT + PAUSE Changes the Virtual Machine Connection window to / from full screen mode.
CTRL + ALT + PAUSE Changes the Virtual Machine Connection window to / from full screen mode.
CTRL + ALT + PAUSE Changes the Virtual Machine Connection window to / from full screen mode.
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  1. Anonymous
    2016-09-12T16:13:00+00:00

    CTRL + ALT + Left Arrow

    This gives your mouse back to the host computer and you can minimize the Virtual Machine.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-05-12T18:51:31+00:00

    Guys i think i found a fix for this some keyboards require you to press ctrl+fn+alt+break/pause/right shift

    Hope this helps. :-)

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-07-09T15:45:07+00:00

    I have just been using the "Restore Down" button on the pinned VM bar at the top of the screen. I know it's not a keyboard command as you were looking for, but it does work.

    If that won't work for you there is a program you can get called KeyTweak that will let you remap the function keys to whatever you like. I haven't used it, but I know someone who does and he says it works. The only thing to note is during the install, choose Custom Installation and deselect the add-ons you don't really need. If you choose the Express Installation, you'll get some crapware.

    You can get it from Tucows: http://www.tucows.com/preview/327616

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-07-17T10:30:44+00:00

    Thanks for the reply.

    Will have a look at the KeyTweak program and the Restore Down button.

    Would obviously prefer a keyboard key, and hope Microsoft provide the option of selecting your own key.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-11-30T04:28:36+00:00

    I have just been using the "Restore Down" button on the pinned VM bar at the top of the screen. I know it's not a keyboard command as you were looking for, but it does work.

    thank you!! 

    funny part is that the remote desktop connection bar to my headless server covers the bar for the virtual machine connection. couldn't for the life of me figure it out...

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