You switch between VirtuaWin desktops by clicking one of the four corners of the program's system-tray icon, or by pressing the keyboard shortcut assigned to it. If you create more than four desktops, the icon displays the active desktop's number; click the icon once to view your open apps, or double-click it to open the Setup dialog box. Beyond that there's not much to the program, which is just fine if you're "cultivating a minimalist vibe," as they say in the movies.
Bonus points if you know which one I'm quoting. Customize with Virtual Dimension There are many more similarities than differences between VirtuaWin and Virtual Dimension, but the differences are noteworthy. Virtual Dimension lets you give each virtual desktop its own wallpaper, which makes it much easier to distinguish between desktops.
The program is also much easier to configure via its Settings dialog box: you can assign various operations their own keyboard shortcuts for moving between windows, adjust the transparency of open windows, and tweak the utility's appearance in other ways. Click the program's system-tray icon to open a small preview window that includes the names you've assigned to each desktop.
Choose one of the previews to open that desktop, or click the system-tray icon again to close the preview. In addition to using keyboard shortcuts, you can jump between desktops by right-clicking the icon and choosing one from the pop-up menu that appears. Step 5: Then assign the virtual disk that we have extracted before. Under Hard disk, select Use an existing virtual hard disk file. Open the folder represented in the green arrow and select the folder that we have extracted out files, select VirtualXP, then click on Open.
Before booting your Windows XP virtual machine, we need to look and change some disk settings in order to run Windows XP run. Step 2: Select System from the left sidebar.
On the right pane, under the Boot Order, untick Floppy drag it down the list. Tick on the Hard Disk. Windows XP needs a manual network configuration. Also, in the Start menu type network and select Network and Sharing Centre. Then do a right-click on Bridge Connection. After completing all the methods mentioned above, you are all set to launch Windows XP Virtual Machine. You can click the little file icon next to the file field to browse your system for the Windows install data.
If you have an ISO, simply select that file. Your virtual machine will start up, and you will see the familiar Windows installation process. VirtualBox includes a set of software utilities to install on the virtual PC, which make it a lot easier to work with and control the virtual PC. A new wizard will pop up, this time inside the Windows XP virtual machine.
Most useful is the option to add a shared folder, which will allow you to easily transfer files from your host computer to your virtual computer. To do this, click Devices , then Shared Folders Settings , which will open the virtual machine settings. Click this, then select a file location to use as a folder. VirtualBox can be a little finicky with what it accepts as a valid file name here—we found the easiest way to make sure the folder path works is to manually create a folder with no spaces or special characters on the host machine, then copy and paste the address into the folder field.
You can use this to transfer software to the virtual machine, and then install it inside Windows XP. With our setup, running Windows XP on a Windows 8.
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