So if you’re like me and love your Intel Mac but still use Windows in Parallels for Flash Alpha 9, Microsoft .Net Studio, etc.. then your probably already running the new Parallels build with “Coherence”. Well the one downside (don’t get me wrong it puts steam in my stride on a daily basis) is that you still have to open apps from the Windows Taskbar. Well, here is a simple solution for Launching windows apps from your OSX Doc.
Steps (Yes its not that simple)
1. OSX -> Go to “System Preferences” and open “Universal Access”. Click on the Keyboard tab and check “Enable access for assitive devices.
2. Open Parallels in “Coherence” mode. Go to the “Properties” for the application you want run in Windows. (right click in properties on the shortcut in the menu). Setup a “Shortcut Key” for the application you want to run. So for Flash 9 you may setup Control-Shift-f
3. Open your AppleScript Editor (Applications/Applescript) and paste in the following code:
tell application “Parallels Desktop”
activate
tell application “System Events”
– Shortcut in windows setup for Control-Shift-f
– Change for each application and resave
keystroke “f” using {control down, shift down}
end tell
end tell
4. Save the script as an “Application Bundle” in a folder.
5. Create all the scripts for apps you need in the same folder. Copy the folder to your OSX Doc.
6. Thats it. Yeah its a hack, but it’ll work until they build it into
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