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Within a Windows Sandbox, if I press Ctrl+Alt+Del, it does not act on the Sandbox, even if I am in full-screen mode (this is on Windows 10). In fact, no system key combinations operate on the Sandbox and always go back to the Host system, so if I just press WinKey it will open the Host Start Menu and not that of the Windows Sandbox (again, even if the Sandbox is maximised in full-screen at the time).

Within a Remote Desktop session, we can of course press Ctrl+Alt+End to mimic a Ctrl+Alt+Del, and if the Remote Desktop session is fully screen, then pressing WinKey will operate on the remote system, and Windows Sandbox does appear to use a Remote Desktop frame when it is in fullscreen mode.

How can we pass system keypresses like Ctrl+Alt+Del or WinKey to a Sandbox system instead of the Host system?

YorSubs
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For using alternate shortcuts for host keys, Windows Sandbox is built more like the Remote Desktop.

I haven't found any official documentation for these alternate keys for the Sandbox, so I used the third-party article Helpful keyboard shortcuts for working with "windowed" Remote Desktop.

I tested some of the shortcuts which worked :

  • For triggering a Windows key (Start menu) : Alt+Home
  • Alt+Tab functionality : Alt+PgUp or Alt+PgDn

However, Ctrl+Alt+End did not do the equivalent of Ctrl+Alt+Delete. The implementation for the Sandbox is only partial.

I have not tested the other possible keys.

harrymc
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