I tried this running Visual Studio 2003 under Vista and Visual Studio 2002 under XP, then publishing them both so I could work on them seamlessly under Win 7.
#Virtual pc xp emulator windows 7#
So, while Windows 7 (I hear) is profoundly compatible with Windows Vista (basically everything works) you can still run a Vista SP1+ VM and have "Seamless Apps" jump out of it by making sure the right integration features are enabled.
It's also worth pointing out that this trick works with Vista Virtual Machines as well. and I have an unholy alliance between IE6 and IE8, as you can see them both running here on my Win7 machine: I right-clicked on the Start Menu from within Virtual XP and clicked "Open All Users", then right-dragged the Internet Explorer icon to the All Users Start Menu.
You can even "publish" Internet Explorer 6, by copying its icon to the All Users Start Menu. (Yes, I know it's not officially called the tray, but it is de facto "The Tray.") You'll even see Tray Notifications from the Virtual XP machine (like Security Center, etc) published to the "host" tray. If I hover over the icon in the Windows 7 Taskbar, it says "remote." There's also a "Virtual PC Application Launcher" that you might see. You can see the Virtual PC Host Process in the task manager. It looks like Windows XP (notice the Crayola Colors) but the Windows 7 Task Manager is running over the top of it. Here's FileZilla running from inside the Windows XP VM. After I start running Apps, I'll not see this dialog again, unless I start the Machine again directly. Here you can decide to run the App or the Machine. When you run it, there may be a moment where you'll see 'Initializing Virtual Environment, and you might see this dialog: You can, of course, even pin it to the Windows 7 Taskbar. Run FileZIlla it from here, like you would any other program.
Notice in your Windows 7 Start Menu that FileZilla (or whatever) has 's in the Windows 7 Start Menu. Now, shut down the Virtual XP machine by clicking the close icon. If you don't have this option, you can always move the icon later. Select "for all users of this computer" during the installation, as you want the icon published to the "All Users" part of the Start Menu. NOTE: There's NOTHING wrong with FileZilla under Windows7.
#Virtual pc xp emulator install#
I'm going to install FileZilla, an FTP client. Once it's started, install the old application you want. Run Virtual XP from the Start Menu, or from your "Virtual Machines" folder. Here's the process, once you've installed Windows Virtual PC and Virtual XP. People who know what Virtualization usually assume this means that they'll need to run a Windows XP VM (which they do) and it'll be a hassle (which it isn't) as they'll have a "window of an OS inside their OS." You walk through a Wizard, explaining what worked before (different OS, etc) and it'll suggest what it can do about it. This will start a troubleshooter that will help you select your app and figure out what it needs. This isn't just a version fib, it also patches up APIs and generally makes things friendly for your old application.Īlternatively, you can type in "Compatibility" in your Start Menu and select "Run Programs made for previous version of Windows. You can always just right click on the program's Icon and click Compatibility Mode, and "lie" to the program about what version of Windows this is. You have two choices with Compatibility Mode.
If you have an application that won't run in Windows 7 by default (they're out there) then you have two choices, aside from getting a version that does work. I'm running the Windows 7 RC and I'm the Windows Virtual PC Beta along with Virtual Windows XP (a separate download).
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