The applications menus include the applications menu (
), available for all virtual machines and the Unity applications menu (
), available for virtual machines with Windows guest operating systems that support Unity. The applications menus can provide you with quicker access to virtual machine settings, functionality, and applications.
The following table provides detailed information about the applications menus.
Table 1.
About the Applications Menus
| Application Menu Type |
Icon |
Description |
| The Applications Menu |
|
- Accessible from the Mac menu bar or with a keyboard shortcut.
- Available for all virtual machines.
- Lists all the virtual machines in the Virtual Machine Library.
You can select a virtual machine in the list to perform the following operations.
- Access the settings and snapshots of the virtual machine.
- Change the view mode and power status mode of the virtual machine.
- For a virtual machine with a Windows guest operating system, you can also quickly access applications listed in the applications menu.
- Configurable from the Fusion General Preferences dialog box. You can perform the following configurations.
- Show or hide the applications menu in the Mac menu bar.
- Set up a keyboard shortcut for the applications menu.
|
| The Unity Applications Menu |
|
- Accessible from the Mac Dock .
The Unity applications menu icon appears in the Mac Dock when you switch the Windows virtual machine to Unity view and disappears when you switch the Windows virtual machine out of Unity view. The Mac Dock contains a Unity applications menu icon for each Windows virtual machine that is in Unity view, allowing multiple Unity applications menus to appear in the Mac Dock at the same time.
- Available for virtual machines with Windows guest operating systems that support Unity.
- Lists the Unity applications menu options.
You can perform the following operations.
- Access the settings and snapshots of the virtual machine.
- Change the view mode and power status mode of the virtual machine.
- Access the applications installed in the Windows guest.
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You can also configure the Applications Menu settings. The Applications Menu settings apply to both the applications menu () and the Unity applications menu (), specifically for supported Windows guests. When you add a Windows application to the application list in the Applications Menu settings dialog box, Fusion pins the application to the top of the list in the applications menus.
To set the General Preferences for the applications menu (), see Set General Preferences.
To add, remove, or reorder Windows applications in the applications menus, see Set Up the Applications Menus.
Note: The Applications Menu is deprecated in VMware Fusion 13.6 and later.
