#USE MAC APPS ON WINDOWS MAC OS X#

To create an alias for the application and add its icon to the Dock: You can also create aliases for your favorite Windows applications on Mac OS Desktop and add their icons to the Dock.

#USE MAC APPS ON WINDOWS MAC OS X#

To open a Mac OS X file in a virtual machine's application, you can drag this file to this application icon on the Windows desktop. To open a file with the application you prefer, irrespective of where the file or the application belongs to, right-click the file and choose the application from the Open With list. Note: To share your favorite Mac OS X and Windows applications, you need to configure the Shared Applications settings in Virtual Machine Configuration.

Select Populate in the Shared Mac Applications group to update the list of Mac applications shared with the Windows guest OS.

If you installed a new application in the virtual machine during this working session, you can update the list of Windows applications shared with Mac OS X by selecting the Populate option.

View your Favorite, Recent, and Running applications in the Shared Windows Applications group.

You can manage shared applications from the Applications menu: Note: This option is available for Windows guest operating systems only. If you start a Windows application when the virtual machine is stopped, the virtual machine will automatically start and switch to Coherence. You can create a list of Windows applications in Mac OS X and run them even when the virtual machine is stopped.

You can select any application from the list and start it. The list includes your Mac OS X applications and is available when you choose All Programs > Parallels Shared Applications from the Windows Start menu. The list of Parallels Shared Applications is created during Parallels Tools installation. You can use Mac OS X applications to open the files in your Windows guest OS and vice versa.

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