I have Fusion 4.1.1 installed on a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.6.8. If I download a file to the Mac desktop and then drag and drop it onto the desktop of Windows XP running under Fusion, a "copy" box comes up indicating that the file is being copied to the virtual machine. If the file is 95MB, for example, the copy box shows the progress of copying 95MB to the virtual machine. So far, so good. At the same time, a file is created on the Mac Desktop that is a duplicate of the file dragged to the Windows virtual OS. If I trash the file on the Mac desktop, it eliminates the file on the Windows desktop as well. I have VMware Fusion setup in Full Screen mode and have a second monitor on the Mac where I have dragged the VMware virtual machine.
It's as if the file from the Mac desktop was actually the only real file and the one on the virtual machine was a "shortcut" or "alias" to the file. Not sure if I just have something I have to tweak in the Fusion settings to prevent this, or if this is normal behavior.
Bill
