Sep 20, 2008
Wine is a application created for Ubuntu
users so that they can run Windows applications. A lot of Windows
application run on Ubuntu because of Wine. Another way is to use by
Installing Windows on a Virtual Machine.
users so that they can run Windows applications. A lot of Windows
application run on Ubuntu because of Wine. Another way is to use by
Installing Windows on a Virtual Machine.
But
running an app on a virtual machine doesn’t eliminate Windows from the
equation so Rami Taibah shows us How to Run Windows Application on
Ubuntu :
running an app on a virtual machine doesn’t eliminate Windows from the
equation so Rami Taibah shows us How to Run Windows Application on
Ubuntu :
Softwares Required :
- Windows installed on Vmware.
- rdesktop, you can grab that from apt-get or directly download it from their site
- SeamlessRDP, download it an extract it in your Windows VM in c:/seamless
How to :
On Windows VM
- In the Windows VM, get the local IP address of that machine using the Ipconfig command in DOS.
- Also give that machine a static IP (Not DHCP). This will help you
later when invoking the launch command, you won’t need to change the IP
everytime - Create a new Windows admin user, let’s call it Linux for now (Password:123123)
- Finally, we want to make Windows launch without a Desktop. So
launch your registry editor (regedit in run) and navigate to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows ->
CurrentVersion -> Policies -> Explorer. Once there create a new
DWORD entry and call it “NoDesktop” and then change it’s value to 1
On Ubuntu Linux
Right
click on your desktop and choose “create launcher”. In type, keep it as
is (application), for name name it whatever you please (I named it
Windows-VM), and in command type in “rdesktop -A -s ‘c:\seamless\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\windows\explorer.exe’ 192.168.1.104 -u linux -p 123123?.
Of course you will need to change the IP to your IP and the password
(123123) to whatever password you chose. Thats it! Double click on the
launcher and you will shortly get a the Windows taskbar on the bottom.
Of course if you want to totally get rid of MS nuisance, just enable
the autohide option
click on your desktop and choose “create launcher”. In type, keep it as
is (application), for name name it whatever you please (I named it
Windows-VM), and in command type in “rdesktop -A -s ‘c:\seamless\seamlessrdpshell.exe c:\windows\explorer.exe’ 192.168.1.104 -u linux -p 123123?.
Of course you will need to change the IP to your IP and the password
(123123) to whatever password you chose. Thats it! Double click on the
launcher and you will shortly get a the Windows taskbar on the bottom.
Of course if you want to totally get rid of MS nuisance, just enable
the autohide option