Alt-tab back to the host while using TeamViewer?

Solution 1:

Since its 2020 and still no HostKey solution on TeamViewer - below little Autohotkey snippet worked:

1. Install Autohotkey..
2. Edit AutoHotkey file (under My Docs) on windows
3. Add snippet below
4. When Pressing ALT+' (to the left of the number 1), it will minimize the active window.

Tested with TeamViewer 15.1

; -------- ALT + ` 
; ----------- Minimize Active Window
!`::
    WinMinimize, A
  return

Solution 2:

Ugly, but no mouse; tested in Windows 10 host, and Windows 10 client.

Scenario

Suppose you have a tab open on your host, e.g. notepad (referred to as original-non-teamviewer-tab) while you are working in a teamviewer tab that controls your Windows 10 client:

Solution:

ctrl+alt+delete

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enter (switches back to host, opening Task Manager.)

alt+tab+tab (switches back to your original non-teamviewer-tab.)

alt+tab (switches back to Task Manager.)

alt+F4 (closes Task Manager and switches back to your original non-teamviewer-tab.)

Approach 0

If you are willing to accept task manager to remain as open tab you can reduce the minimal required number of sequential key presses from 10 to 8.

Approach 1

https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-alt-tab-on-teamviewer claims you can enable and disable Sending key combinations with scroll lock. That would reduce the amount of sequential keypresses to 2 in stead of 10. But I have not yet been unable to verify their solution.

Approach 2

Alternatively you could make an autohotkey script of the solution and map it to a single key press.

Solution 3:

I just discovered that, in Windows 10, the key combination for switching desktop (Ctrl+Win+Arrow_key) is not being intercepted by TeamViewer.

So, my solution is to put TeamViewer in a separate virtual desktop and switch back to the main (or another one) with Ctrl + Win + Arrow_key

p.s. Be careful to start the key combination with the Ctrl