Having a Windows 11 VM use the Mac's keyboard layout

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop on a Mac with Apple silicon' started by PaoloT1, Apr 14, 2025.

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    PaoloT1 Member

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    Hi,
    I've created a Windows 11 VM in my Mac mini M4. I'm configuring the various parameters, to recreate the environment I had in the Windows 10 VM.
    One of the things I've not yet been able to do is having the VM use the same custom keyboard layout I use on teh Mac. Each time I switch to the Windows VM, the keyboard layout in the Mac is changed.
    I know I had my custom layout installed also in the old Windows 10 VM. It is a .dll, that I placed in the /Windows/System32/ folder. But I have no idea how to make Windows 11 see it. All I can do, in the Keyboard configuration, is to choose one of the predefined layouts.
    Any hint about the way to load this custom keyboard layout in Windows 11?
    As an alternative, is there a way to prevent the keyboard layout to be replaced in the Mac, when switching to the Windows VM?
    Paolo
     
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