shortcut in windows app (remote windows)

Bugs or Unexpected Behavior
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I am using a Windows application on my Mac to connect to another workstation running Windows. I have created shortcuts to make it easier to copy and paste on the touchpad, for example, triple-finger-click-CommandC, double triple-finger-click-CommandV, and they work fine on the local Mac machine. The problem is that they just don't work in the Windows application. I get the letter C instead of Copy and the letter V instead of Paste. When I use CommandC and CommandV directly from the keyboard, they work fine, so the application is handling the key mapping well. Is there any solution to this problem?

Edit: It seems that passing key combinations doesn't work in Windows App. Instead of passing a combination like cmd+V, it just passes only V. For now, I have found a workaround and it works well, but I need an extra app (Microsoft PowerToys) on the remote Windows machine to do this.

Device information:

  • Type of Mac: Mac mini
  • macOS version: 15.3.1
  • BetterTouchTool version: 5.193 (2025021213)
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unfortunately most remote desktop apps and virtual machine apps do not handle programatically generated events correctly. I'm not aware of any good workarounds

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