Specifications

3 Select a Unity window decoration option.
Option Description
Show borders
Set a window border that identifies the application as belonging to the
virtual machine rather than to the host computer.
Show badges
Display a logo in the title bar.
Use a custom color in window
borders
Use a custom color in window borders to help distinguish between the
application windows that belong to various virtual machines. For example,
you can set the applications for one virtual machine to have a blue border
and set the applications for another virtual machine to have a yellow
border. On Linux hosts, click the colored rectangle to use the color chooser.
On Windows hosts, click Choose color to use the color chooser.
4 To control whether the virtual machine Start or Application menu available on the host system
desktop, select or deselect Enable applications menu.
5 Click OK to save your changes.
Create Virtual Machine Application Shortcuts on the Host in Unity Mode
You can create a shortcut for a virtual machine application on the host system in Unity mode.
You open the application in the same way that you open an application on the host system. You can open a
virtual machine application shortcut from the host system even when the virtual machine is powered off or
suspended.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the virtual machine is configured to display the virtual machine Start or Application menu
on the host system desktop. See “Set Preferences for Unity Mode,” on page 63.
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Verify that the latest version of VMware Tools is running in the guest operating system.
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Power on the virtual machine.
Procedure
1 To enter Unity mode, select Player > Unity.
The console view in the Player window is hidden, and open applications appear in application
windows on the host system desktop. A check mark appears next to Unity in the menu.
2 Select a virtual machine application.
Option Action
Windows host
Point to the Start button to display the virtual machine Start menu on the
host system desktop, click the Start menu, and select the application.
Linux host
Point to the upper-left corner of the primary monitor to display the virtual
machine Applications menu on the host system desktop, click
Applications menu, and select the application.
3 Create a shortcut to the application on the host system.
Option Action
Windows host
Right-click the application and select Create Shortcut on Desktop, or drag
the application to the host system.
Linux host
Drag the application to the host system.
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