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yOyOYoo
Jul 10, 2008, 12:14 AM
If I have parallels installed on my iMac with windows XP, is there a way that I can have a windows XP program icon in my dock, and then click on that icon and have it boot up windows xp and open a particular program??

I believe it is possible I just can't figure out how to do it. Any help would be awesome. Thanks!


yOyOYoo
Jul 12, 2008, 12:49 AM
can no one help me??
yOyOYoo
Jul 15, 2008, 12:30 AM
last hope...
Dr.Gargoyle
Jul 15, 2008, 12:58 AM
I don't think you can do that. I have been thinking about it myself.
Pixellated
Jul 15, 2008, 01:36 AM
No, it's impossible.
swiftaw
Jul 15, 2008, 01:52 AM
No, it's impossible.
Of course it's possible.

In Parallels:
Go to Edit->Virtual Machine (VM will have to be shutdown first)

Go to General->Shared Applications
Enable "Share Windows applications to Mac"
Enable "SmartSelect"
Change Show in Dock to Always

Now, launch your Virtual Machine

Open up apps you want to keep in the dock, they should now appear in the dock.

Right click on them, and select "Keep in Dock"

They will now stay in the dock even when Parallels isn't running. If you click on them, Parallels will launch and then the app within Parallels will launch.
Neil321
Jul 15, 2008, 02:23 AM
swiftaw are you aware if this works in Fusion or something similar??
swiftaw
Jul 15, 2008, 02:25 AM
swiftaw are you aware if this works in Fusion or something similar??

Unfortunately I have never used Fusion, so I don't know if you can do it.
Neil321
Jul 15, 2008, 02:29 AM
Unfortunately I have never used Fusion, so I don't know if you can do it.

Are Ok,I'm at work now so will try it out when i get home tonight, I'm pretty sure it should work as the settings are pretty much the sameness