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From: silstorm on 26 Jan 2006 13:40
I've got a remote desktop connection running with a Windows Server, and
need to do some stuff in the command prompt.

I can't for the life of me figure out how to input a backslash though -
I've gone through every single key and I swear it's just not there
(obviously the server I'm connected to is thinking my keyboard is a
regular windows keyboard, but its an Apple Pro).

Any help would really be appreciated!
From: Rodger Stamm on 26 Jan 2006 14:06
In article <drb527$2fk$1(a)nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>,
silstorm <go(a)way.spam> wrote:

> I've got a remote desktop connection running with a Windows Server, and
> need to do some stuff in the command prompt.
>
> I can't for the life of me figure out how to input a backslash though -
> I've gone through every single key and I swear it's just not there
> (obviously the server I'm connected to is thinking my keyboard is a
> regular windows keyboard, but its an Apple Pro).
>
> Any help would really be appreciated!

Did you try the key that is the third key to the right of the P?

--
Rodger
From: silstorm on 26 Jan 2006 14:44
Rodger Stamm wrote:

> Did you try the key that is the third key to the right of the P?

Yup, no joy :-(

I've got around it now (in a somewhat messy fashion), but if anyone does
know for sure, I'm sure it would be useful to know for the future.
From: Jerry Kindall on 26 Jan 2006 17:32
In article <drb527$2fk$1(a)nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>,
silstorm <go(a)way.spam> wrote:

> I've got a remote desktop connection running with a Windows Server, and
> need to do some stuff in the command prompt.
>
> I can't for the life of me figure out how to input a backslash though -
> I've gone through every single key and I swear it's just not there
> (obviously the server I'm connected to is thinking my keyboard is a
> regular windows keyboard, but its an Apple Pro).
>
> Any help would really be appreciated!

Well, I've never had any trouble using the backslash key to type a
backslash.

However, on newer Windows versions, you can use the forward slash for a
path separator as well as the backslash, so you might try that.

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From: Steven Fisher on 26 Jan 2006 19:27
In article <drb527$2fk$1(a)nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>,
silstorm <go(a)way.spam> wrote:

> I've got a remote desktop connection running with a Windows Server, and
> need to do some stuff in the command prompt.
>
> I can't for the life of me figure out how to input a backslash though -
> I've gone through every single key and I swear it's just not there
> (obviously the server I'm connected to is thinking my keyboard is a
> regular windows keyboard, but its an Apple Pro).
>
> Any help would really be appreciated!

Are you using the open source rdesktop or Microsoft's Remote Desktop?
Try using the other one. (rdesktop can be a bit weird to install,
though.)

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Steven Fisher; sdfisher(a)spamcop.net
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