Mar 2, 2016

Distract Free VMWare Setup for Windows 10 Host

When using VMWare Player 12 on Windows 10, there are two things that bothers me:


  1. In full screen mode, the top bar is always visible.
  2. The hot-key Win+L is called even within the full-screen VM.

For the second one, I have noticed that due to my usage of i3 window manager. i3 requires setting a $mod key for key bindings. Usually it can be either Alt key or Win key. However, since I've been using Dia a lot, I need to free up Alt key for its own key bindings. Therefore I need to use Win key. Unfortunately, the Win+L is used for both i3 and Windows 10. I'd rather disable to lock screen key for Windows than changing the default i3 configuration.

So, here I am. The following links contains the answers that I want. I will directly link them here.


  1. To remove the top bar in VMWare Player 12 in Windows 10
  2. To disable Win+L key binding in Windows 10

Enjoy distract free VMing!