Open a File in a
Virtual Machine with an Application on Your Mac
When you select a
file in your virtual machine, you can open it with the appropriate application
on your Mac.
Prerequisites
Verify that the
following conditions are met:
■
You turned on
Shared
Folders in the Sharing panel of the virtual machine
Settings window.
■
You enabled
Open your
Windows files and web links using Mac applications in the Default
Applications panel of the
Settings window.
■
You selected a folder or
folders to share.
■
The file to open is
located in one of the shared folders.
Procedure
■
To open a file one time,
right-click the file, select
Open
With and select
Default
Host Application.
Fusion
determines the appropriate application on the Mac and uses that application to
open the file.
■
To always open a
particular file with the Mac application, right-click the file, select
Properties, click
Change for
Opens
With, and select
Default
Host Application in the Open With dialog box.
Whenever you open this
file, it opens in the Mac application.
■
To always open files of
this type with the Mac application, right-click the file, select
Open
With, select
Default
Host Application > Choose
Program, and select
Always use
the selected program to open this kind of file.
Fusion
determines the appropriate application on the Mac and uses that application
whenever you open any file of this type.