Is VMplayer able to open URL from VM in Host machine browser?

[Alexxsw]

I am just asking if anybody who runs VMplayer can use that feature?

how to check:

inside windows VM go to Start > Default Programs > Set default program > Chose "Default Host Application" to open http/https URLs

then open any application inside VM for example Outlook with any external URL and click on that URL, (or just run this in CMD window: C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools>VMwareHostOpen.exe --url http://google.com)

there should be 2 options:

1) URL will be opened in default browser on your Host Machine

2) you will get error like: "Make sure the virtual machine's configuration allows the guest to open host applications"

please give me your results with guest and host OS you are running, thanks!

[Erutan409]

It's not working for me.  I'm getting the following message after performing the actions to ensure file associations are set to the "Default Host Application":

[zuber1979]

I have VMWare Player14.1.1 on Linux Ubuntu 17.10 host i with Windows 7 as guest and I CANNOT open URLs in host machine.