[Guide] VMware Workstation 8 Unity Mode
You can switch virtual machines that have Linux or Windows 2000 or later guest operating systems to Unity mode to display applications directly on the host system desktop.
In Unity mode, virtual machine applications appear on the host system desktop, you can use the virtual machine Start or Applications menu from the host system, and the virtual machine console view is hidden. Items for open virtual machine applications appear on the host system taskbar in the same way as open host applications.
On host system and virtual machine applications that are displayed in Unity mode, you can use keyboard shortcuts to copy, cut, and paste images, plain text, formatted text, and email attachments between applications. You can also drag and drop and copy and paste files between the host system and the guest operating system.
Prerequisites:-
■Verify that the virtual machine is a Workstation 6.x or later virtual machine.
■Verify that the latest version of VMware Tools is installed in the guest operating system.
■Verify that the guest operating system is Linux or Windows 2000 or later.
■For Linux guests and hosts, verify that a modern version of Metacity or KDE is installed. Performance on Linux depends on a combination of variables such as the system, the applications that are running, and the amount of RAM.
■Power on the virtual machine.
■If you are entering Unity mode, open applications in the virtual machine to use in Unity mode.
To enter Unity mode, select the virtual machine and select View > Unity.
 To exit Unity mode, Go to Virtual machine Console & Click on "Exit Unity"   |
