Mapping Windows File Extensions to o[en in Mac Applications

[MrRay]

Hello,

I am new to virtualbox and so far, I like what I see. I am running OS X 10.8.4 as the host and Windows 7 Pro as the guest. I have used both Parallels and VMware Fusion, which both have there issues with Coherence and Unity. Virtualbox seamless mode... so far seems stabler and has fewer artifacts.

The only problem I see at this point is... I don't see a way to map files on the guest OS to open in Applications on the Host OS. This can be done in both Parallels and VMware Fusion.

In my case, I am running Outlook 2010 in vitualbox (Win7 Pro) and I open an email with an attached PDF. I would like to double click the PDF in Outlook 2010 to have it open in Mac Preview on the host OS. I would like word files to open in Word for Mac and Excel files to open in Excel for Mac.

Is there a way to do this in VirtualBox?

Thanks,
Ray

[ciamurra]

I'm no expert, but my suggestion is to set up a shared folder on the Mac. You can save documents from either the host or the guest and open them from either one.

[MrRay]

Yeah... thats not going to work for me.

I want the experience to be... well seamless. If I click on a PDF in the Windows email client I want it to open up in Preview on the Mac host. I really hope this feature is buried somewhere in Virtualbox. As I said, the seamless mode in Virtualbox is out performing Parallels and VMware Fusion versions of this function, but mapping file extensions to open on the Mac side is essential for what I am trying to do.

Thanks,
Ray

[Perryg]

I don't think that is going to happen. Security between host and guest does not allow for it.

[Silverghost]

nice