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Sending the Ctrl-Alt-Delete Command to a
Virtual Machine
You can use a VMware Fusion command to send the Ctrl-Alt-Delete
keystroke combination to a Windows virtual machine. You can send the
command in any of the following ways.
 Select Virtual Machine > Send Ctrl-Alt-Del.
 If you are using an external PC keyboard, press Ctrl+Alt+Del.
 On a full-sized Mac keyboard, press Fwd Del+Ctrl+Option. The Forward
Delete key (
) is below the Help key.
 On a Mac laptop keyboard, press Fn+Ctrl+Option+Delete.
Quit Your Virtual Machine
You can quit using a virtual machine by either suspending it or shutting it
down. Using the Suspend command instead of Shut Down lets you get
back up and running faster.
To quit a virtual machine
Select a method to quit the virtual machine.
 Select Virtual Machine > Suspend to save the current state of your
virtual machine, including all running applications, so you can return to
this state without restarting the operating system in your virtual
machine.
 Select Virtual Machine > Shut Down to completely shut down the
operating system and the virtual machine.
N
OTE Boot Camp virtual machines do not support the suspend and
snapshot features because you can reboot into Windows using Boot Camp,
which would invalidate suspend and snapshots.