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Virtualization Considerations
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8. Click Windows 7 and select Start All Programs Windows Virtual PC Windows
XP Mode Applications. You’ll see that the program that you installed in Windows XP
Mode is now available on the Windows 7 menu, as shown in the following graphic.
While this shows how applications published from Windows XP Mode will appear,
you can also publish applications from other Windows VPC programs. For example,
if you install a virtual instance of Windows 7 and published an application from there,
the published application will appear in a folder named
Windows
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Applications.
9. Try to launch the application by selecting Start All Programs Windows Virtual PC
Windows XP Mode Applications IrfanView (Windows XP Mode). It will fail and
inform you that you must close Windows XP Mode first.
10. Return to Windows XP Mode, and select Start Log Off. After you are logged off,
select Action Close. This will cause Windows XP Mode to go into Hibernate mode.
11. Once the system finishes hibernating, try to start the program from the Windows 7
Start menu by selecting Start All Programs Windows Virtual PC Windows XP
Mode Applications IrfanView (Windows XP Mode).
Windows XP Mode will awaken from Hibernate mode, and the application will launch
in its own window. Note that the full Windows XP desktop does not launch but only
the application.
12.
Browse to the Virtual PC console by clicking Start All Programs Windows Virtual PC
Windows Virtual PC. You’ll see that the Windows XP Mode VPC has a status of Running.
13. Close the IrfanView application.
14. Click Start All Programs Windows Virtual PC Windows XP Mode Applications.
Right-click IrfanView PC, and select Copy to copy the shortcut to this program.
15. Access the Windows 7 desktop. Right-click and select Paste Shortcut to paste the
program shortcut.
16. Double-click the shortcut on the desktop to launch it. You’ll see that it launches the
application just the same as it did from the Start menu.
EXERCISE 1.6 (continued)
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