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Disabling Alt+F4 In Parallels
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JamesRedwood
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Feb 29, 2008, 03:42 PM
 
Does anyone know how to disable Alt+F4 from opening System Preferences?

Its driving me nuts and I need it to close windows in Windows XP.

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Feb 29, 2008, 05:21 PM
 
Last I checked ctrl-w (command-w in Mac OS X) closed windows. What's alt-F4?

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Feb 29, 2008, 05:32 PM
 
Does option-F4 normally make Parallels open System Preferences? I never noticed that.
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Feb 29, 2008, 05:45 PM
 
I don't have Parallels, but you should be able to change Parallels behavior by assigning a different shortcut key for opening it's preferences.

Go to the OS X System Preferences - Keyboard & Mouse - Keyboard Shortcuts - Define Shortcut within Application.

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Feb 29, 2008, 09:23 PM
 
Windows' traditional "close this window/app" key combo is "Alt-F4". I don't know right off how to tell Parallels to capture that key combination, but that's probably what you want to do here-if it's possible.
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