October 2009
Beginner
208 pages
4h 41m
English
Content preview from Windows 7: Up and Running
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Running Windows XP Mode Seamlessly with Windows 7
The coolest feature of Windows XP Mode is not its ability to run legacy applications on a virtual Windows XP window. Rather, it is that all applications you installed on the Virtual Windows XP are now available in the Start menu of your Windows 7 computer.
Warning
Applications that you install onto the Virtual Windows XP will be visible in Windows 7 only if the applications you installed are for All Users. If you have accidentally installed an application for a specific user, you can move it to All Users pretty easily: right-click XP’s Start menu and choose Explore All Users. Do this again, but choose “Explore.” Find the application you installed and drag it to the corresponding location in the All Users Start menu.
Figure 7-5 shows my Start menu with a Windows Virtual PC item, which is expanded to show three more items.
Figure 7-5. All Windows XP applications are now available in Windows 7’s Start menu
- Virtual Machines
Opens a window and shows the list of virtual machines available on your computer.
- Virtual Windows XP
Launches the Virtual Windows XP window.
- Virtual Windows XP Applications
Expands and displays the list of applications installed within the virtual Windows XP. This may not appear until you have installed some applications in the Virtual Windows XP.
As you can observe in Figure 7-5, I have installed Microsoft Office in Virtual Windows ...
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