The windows Hotkey widget does not accept all keys which means that some Hotkeys cannot be entered directly using the Setup dialog. For example the hotkeys Win+Space, Ctrl+PageUp, Ctrl+Enter cannot be entered.

These hotkeys can still be used but to do so VirtuaWin’s virtuawin.cfg file must be manually edited.

1. Open VirtuaWin’s setup dialog and go to the required Hotkey setting, note the name of the hotkey.
2. Set the hotkey so the modifier for the key is correct, the key is unimportant. For example if Win+Space is required then set the hotkey to Win+A.
3. Press the ‘Explore Config’ button on the Setup Expert page to open an explorer listing your VirtuaWin configuration files (for earlier versions of VirtuaWin without this feature you will need to locate these files manually)
4. Close VirtuaWin setup and exit VirtuaWin.
5. Run Notepad and then drag the virtuawin.cfg file from the Explorer window onto Notepad.
6. Use the following table to locate the right line to edit:
   

   Hotkey Name	Virtuawin.cfg Line
   Desktop Cycling – Next	CycleUp#
   Desktop Cycling – Previous	CycleDown#
   Direct Desktop Access – Desk 1 Direct Desktop Access – Desk 2 Direct Desktop Access – Desk 3 . . .	Hot_key_1# Hot_key_2# Hot_key_3# . . .
   Hotkeys – window list	Hot_key_Menu#
   Hotkeys – window menu	HotWMenu#
   Hotkeys – dismiss window	DismissHotkey#
   Hotkeys – sticky toggle	Sticky_key#

7. Change the numeric value given for this key using the following table:
   

   Keyboard Key Name	Virtuawin.cfg Value
   Backspace	8
   Delete	46
   Down	40
   End	35
   Enter	13
   Escape	27
   F10	121
   F11	122
   F12	123
   F1	112
   F2	113
   F3	114
   F4	115
   F5	116
   F6	117
   F7	118
   F8	119
   F9	120
   Home	36
   Insert	45
   Left	37
   Num Lock	144
   Numpad *	106
   Numpad +	107
   Numpad –	109
   Numpad .	110
   Numpad /	111
   Numpad 0	96
   Numpad 1	97
   Numpad 2	98
   Numpad 3	99
   Numpad 4	100
   Numpad 5	101
   Numpad 6	102
   Numpad 7	103
   Numpad 8	104
   Numpad 9	105
   PageDown	34
   PageUp	33
   Right	39
   Scroll Lock	145
   Space	32
   SysReq	44
   Tab	9
   Up	38

   Note: Not all key and modifier combinations have been tested, some may not work.

8. Save the virtuawin.cfg file and exit notepad.
9. Start VirtuaWin, and test the key, if it does not work as expected open the Setup dialog and check the hotkey settings (you may have edited the wrong one or got the wrong value).

Note: The key shown in the Setup hotkey field may not appear to be correct, for example Insert can be displayed as Num 0, this appears to happen for any key that is on the numeric keypad.