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I have some software which won't run on my machine (Windows Vista) so I run it in a VMware VM (Windows XP) using unity, to give me a seamless user experience.TM *8')

This generally works very well, but the software allows me to launch links in a web browser, which obviously launches the link in a new web browser within the VM, while I would like links to be launched such that the web page ends up on the web browser on my Host.

Does anyone know if this is possible and if so, how?

I can configure what command is run to launch a link in the application, so if it requires a specific command to be run on the guest, that should be no problem.

Thanks.

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This is possible in VMware Fusion's global preferences, which is the Mac version of VMware. Check your VMware settings. – Daniel Beck May 29 '11 at 13:28
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This could be done, but I think it would require network communication between guest and host, and a helper program running on each. You could alternatively just copy/paste if it's not too much hassle.

What's the software that won't run on Vista? I'm guessing you tried compatibility mode etc.

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I could write some software to do this myself, a 'server' on the host run as me, with a client on the VM, but I was rather hoping that there was already a mechanism to do this. – Mark Booth May 24 '11 at 22:14
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This does not appear to be possible with VMware Workstation 8, without some sort of service running on the host coupled with an link launch application on the guest.

If I get around to writing one, I will update my answer with a link to it.

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