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How do I easily launch Mac documents with VMWare Windows programs?

I'm running Mac OS X Leopard and VMWare with Windows Vista. If I have a file in Mac OS X, is there an easy way to open the file with a VMWare Windows Vista program without copying it to a shared folder? Are there any third party plugins out for this?

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1. No as far as I know you need to copy your file from Leopard to the transfer folder and pick it up there.

   I have Parallels on my iMac and that is how I do it. At this stage I would consider VMware to be the"3rd" party.

   I gather Apple is working on virtualisation in Leopard to allow Windows apps to be "run" with out needing VMware or Bootcamp - but that is just a rumor.

   Mac switcher tutorial here

   http://www.apple.com/findouthow/macosx/

   Virtulisation benchmarks here

   http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.24/24.02/VirtualizationBenchmark/

   What apps or files are you needing to copy over to Windows and why?

   Also to answer you original question - you can't launch a Mac app with Windows in VMware - you can only open a document with the appropriate application.