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CTRL + ALT + Left Arrow
This gives your mouse back to the host computer and you can minimize the Virtual Machine.
Exit Full Screen mode in Hyper-V
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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. |
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| CTRL + ALT + PAUSE | Changes the Virtual Machine Connection window to / from full screen mode. |
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| CTRL + ALT + PAUSE | Changes the Virtual Machine Connection window to / from full screen mode. |
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| CTRL + ALT + PAUSE | Changes the Virtual Machine Connection window to / from full screen mode. |
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Anonymous
2016-09-12T16:13:00+00:00
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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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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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Anonymous
2015-08-15T09:01:31+00:00 Use CTRL + ALT + Home
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Anonymous
2016-07-05T11:26:02+00:00 None of the suggested key combinations brings my notebook out of hyperv fullscreen mode. However, I found a two key sequence workaround. Pressing ctrl+alt+left-arrow causes the notebook to rotate display -90 degrees and releasing fullscreen mode. Quickly follow with ctrl+alt+up-arrow to restore normal mode. You are now out of fullscreen mode.