Windows Command Prompt Lab Issues on a Mac

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While trying to do the command prompt lab for the A+ certification on a Mac I keep getting a # ever time I try to type a . Tried all kinds of combinations but can't get a \ to type into the prompt. Any ideas?

@Roger-Stagner,

I moved this to CompTIA category for better visibility!

I'm confused by your question. Are you typing in the terminal on a macOS machine? Or on you on a Windows machine running bootcamp or a Windows Virtual Machine? the \ is normally on a Windows machines rather than a macOS terminal. So please let us know. I would check your keyboard layout setting too.

@Ronnie-Wong Sorry for the confusion. My computer I'm using for the labs is an iMac. So I'm using the labs and trying to type in the command prompt on the labs virtual Window 10 machine. So I'm not using the Terminal for this lab. My Mac's keyboard layout is set to US. While using the virtual machine the ? works fine everywhere (search bar etc) just fine. Just not while typing in the command prompt tool.

@Ronnie-Wong said in Windows Command Prompt Lab Issues on a Mac:

@Roger-Stagner,

I moved this to CompTIA category for better visibility!

I'm confused by your question. Are you typing in the terminal on a macOS machine? Or on you on a Windows machine running bootcamp or a Windows Virtual Machine? the \ is normally on a Windows machines rather than a macOS terminal. So please let us know. I would check your keyboard layout setting too.

Thanks for clarifying. So if you're using a practice-labs environment VM. this may be where you have to contact them directly and let them know:

• which lab your trying to do by course and the lab name.
• explain again what is happening on your mac keyboard.
• which browser you're using

This may be issue with their interface reading your keystroke weirdly... don't really know but they would be your best source to help directly with this. support@practice-labs.com

Thanks @Ronnie-Wong