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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / June 2004Launching Mac app from VPC
VPC allows you to create shortcuts on the OS X side that will start up VPC and launch a PC application. Is there a way to do the reverse -- click on a shortcut in Windows (XP Pro, in my case) and have an OS X application run? In particular, it would be nice if I could set the default web browser in Windows to be Safari. I use VPC to run applications that don't have a comparable Mac application, but if they want to send me to a web page for some reason, I'd like to use Safari for better performance. I know I can cut-and-paste the URL, but if it could switch automatically it would be great.  SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA > VPC allows you to create shortcuts on the OS X side that will start up > VPC and launch a PC application. Is there a way to do the reverse -- [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I know I can cut-and-paste the URL, but if it could switch automatically > it would be great. Have you read this subject ?: http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=a619aeaaf2d470e2 IE works pretty well for me. Do you use Windows Update and make maintenance and defrag ? > > VPC allows you to create shortcuts on the OS X side that will start up > > VPC and launch a PC application. Is there a way to do the reverse -- [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > IE works pretty well for me. > Do you use Windows Update and make maintenance and defrag ? I never said IE doesn't work. But everything in VPC is generally slower than the corresponding native OS X application. I'd prefer to use VPC only for the things that have no Mac OS analogue. SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA > I never said IE doesn't work. But everything in VPC is generally slower > than the corresponding native OS X application. I'd prefer to use VPC > only for the things that have no Mac OS analogue. Do you know this document for XP ? For optimizing XP, this is the link (message 16 in thread): http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=9904f5f72bbaf73e IE needs also settings and is a browser with 128 bits cryptation. It's a reason why it's slower than Safari which is not I believe. VPC can't be as fast as OS X application. But it's very usefull for plenty things. In my case, Office, P2P, Winamp, MSN Messenger 6.2.... I make maintenance, windows update and defrag each month. And my VPC works well because of that also. A PC needs to (emulated or real) > > I never said IE doesn't work. But everything in VPC is generally slower > > than the corresponding native OS X application. I'd prefer to use VPC [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > IE needs also settings and is a browser with 128 bits cryptation. It's > a reason why it's slower than Safari which is not I believe. Of course Safari supports 128-bit encryption, just like almost all browsers on the market. But I'm not even talking about secure sites, I'm just going to regular HTTP sites. > VPC can't be as fast as OS X application. But it's very usefull for > plenty things. In my case, Office, P2P, Winamp, MSN Messenger 6.2.... Of course it's useful -- that's why I have it. But why would I want to use it for browsing the web when I can do that at least twice as fast from outside VPC? > I make maintenance, windows update and defrag each month. And my VPC > works well because of that also. A PC needs to (emulated or real) Why are you responding as if I'm having a problem using IE? I am *not*. I simply prefer to use the same browser all the time, and that browser is Safari. I want to use VPC only for the things that *need* a PC emulator, and web browsing clearly doesn't. SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote in message news:<barmar-81A646.13385221062004@comcast.dca.giganews.com> > > > I never said IE doesn't work. But everything in VPC is generally slower > > > than the corresponding native OS X application. I'd prefer to use VPC > > > only for the things that have no Mac OS analogue. > > > > Do you know this document for XP ? > > For optimizing XP, this is the link (message 16 in thread): http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=9904f5f72bbaf73e > > IE needs also settings and is a browser with 128 bits cryptation. It's > > a reason why it's slower than Safari which is not I believe. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > is Safari. I want to use VPC only for the things that *need* a PC > emulator, and web browsing clearly doesn't. Safari is very fast in comparison with the other browsers for Mac but it's an Apple browser. I don't know that Safari is 128 bit encryption also. But I don't think it's possible to use Safari when you are on Windows desktop. Nevertheless, the best thing you have to do is to do settings for IE for improving it. I give you a link from Microsoft site : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/howto/customizing/clearcache.mspx The most important settings for IE are: in general: - for the HD space for Temporary Internet Files: 20 Mo is enough. -History: 10 days is enough. "You can adjust your Internet Explorer settings to automatically clear the cache whenever you close Internet Explorer. Go to the Tools menu, and click Internet Options. Click the Advanced tab. In the "Settings" box, scroll down to the section labeled "Security," and click to check the box next to the "Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed" option. Click OK to finish. This option does not delete cookies, but it will clear your cache of other files when you close your browser." And uncheck the box in a tab (which one ?) in order to check the IE updates. When settings are done, restart the PC (control and restart) to apply it. Have you read my link for optimizing XP ? And apply it. And restart the PC. It's a good link. After those settings IE will be better than it's before. On 6/13/04 12:26 AM, in article barmar-18760C.11263212062004@comcast.dca.giganews.com, "Barry Margolin" <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > VPC allows you to create shortcuts on the OS X side that will start up > VPC and launch a PC application. Is there a way to do the reverse -- > click on a shortcut in Windows (XP Pro, in my case) and have an OS X > application run? No. Maybe you should send a feature request to MS to see if this could be added to a future version. Gene van Troyer ------------------------------------------- | Office 2004 | OSX.3.4 | PBG4 | iMac 20" | ------------------------------------------- |
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