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34 Chapter 1
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Planning for the Installation of Windows 7
Exercise 1.6 will lead you through the steps to make an application available to end
users. As preparation for this exercise, I downloaded IrfanView (a freeware image viewer)
created by Irfan Skiljan. However, you can use any program and, if you want to install
another program, substitute your program where I refer to IrfanView in the exercise.
EXERCISE 1.6
Publishing Applications from Windows XP Mode
1. From the Windows 7 host machine, click Start  All Programs  Windows Virtual
PC  Windows Virtual PC. This will launch the Windows Virtual PC console.
2. Right-click the Windows XP Mode.vmcx file and select Settings.
3. Select Auto Publish, and verify that Auto Publish is set to Automatically Publish
Virtual Applications, as shown in the following graphic.
4. Click OK to close the Settings page, and then double-click the Windows XP Mode.
vmcx
file to start the Windows XP Mode VPC.
5. After Windows XP Mode starts, install the application you downloaded. Copy a
shortcut for this program (many applications including IrfanView place a shortcut on
the desktop that you can copy).
6. Right-click the Start menu within Windows XP, and select Explore All Users. This will
open Windows Explorer in this folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu
7.
Double-click Programs, and then paste the shortcut for the program that you
installed into this folder. After a moment, this application will be available on your
host system.
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