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Can I put a Windows shortcut on my dock?

I know I can add an app to the dock once I have it running, but I want to add a specific shortcut to the dock because I can pass arguments to a shortcut. Here is my very specific example: I have a shortcut to Adobe Reader on my desktop that passes in a path to a PDF and the specific page to open in the PDF. Can I put this shortcut in my dock or do I have to link to the specific PDF without reference to a page? Hmmm, I don't even know how to put a file stored on my VM in my dock. How would I do that?

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Not in Fusion 1.x - the helper applications don't do anything with any parameters. You could set up a shortcut in Windows with parameters and create a helper app that uses that shortcut, but this won't help for parameters that need to change on the fly.

In Fusion 2.0, you can use the helper applications to open files on the host (assuming you have Application Sharing enabled for that virtual machine and that the file you want to open is in a HGFS shared folder).

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So ... Is it possible to launch an app in my VM and provide command-line parameters by putting a shortcut in my Dock? My favorite example is a folder of shortcuts on my VM that launch Acrobat Reader and pass in a particular PDF and page in the PDF.

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Not in Fusion 1.x - the helper applications don't do anything with any parameters. You could set up a shortcut in Windows with parameters and create a helper app that uses that shortcut, but this won't help for parameters that need to change on the fly.

In Fusion 2.0, you can use the helper applications to open files on the host (assuming you have Application Sharing enabled for that virtual machine and that the file you want to open is in a HGFS shared folder).

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I just googled and wikipedia'd "HGFS" and found no straight forward enough definition, though I did find lots of hits related to VMware. Any pointers as to what it means?

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I just googled and wikipedia'd "HGFS" and found no straight forward enough definition, though I did find lots of hits related to VMware. Any pointers as to what it means?

HGFS is the buggy and problematic File System used in VMware Shared Folders feature. This is a WAG however I assume HGFS stands for Host Guest File System.

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I sense a TLA war on the rise, but what is a "WAG"?

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"Wild Arsed Guess" hit me just as I submitted that last question.

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