Open MS Office documents on Windows 7 guest VM in OS X host using Office for Mac I am running OS X Lion, VMware Fusion 4.1.2 which points to the Windows 7 installation created for Boot Camp.

When I am in my Windows 7 VM, I want to double click on files (.pdf., word .docx, .pptx, etc) and have them open using my MS Office for Mac and other native files.  I think that this is doable but cannot figure out how.

In My VM settings, under Default Applications, I have the box checked to "Open your Windows files and web links using Mac applications". I do not have the "Open your Mac files and web links using Windows applications" checked, as I want everything to open natively in OS X, not Windows. There is a Configure button underneath the 2nd option that I listed and I have mailto and web pages mapped to OS X programs (Mail and Safari). If I try and add another to the Default Applications, there are options for News, RSS Feeds, File Transfers, and Remote sessions. How do I add custom mappings to default applications so that when I click on a .docx file in Windows 7 explorer (guest OS) it opens in word on OS X?
Once you've checked the &quot;Open your Windows files and web links using Mac applications&quot;, the following should work (providing the file resides in one of the folders shared from the Mac according to this VMware Fusion guide):

Right-click on one of the file types you wish you open in the VM and click &quot;Open&quot; or &quot;Open With...&quot; if the program already has an associated application (if you selected &quot;Open&quot;, in the window that appears, check the &quot;Select the program from a list of installed programs&quot; radio button and click OK).

In the window that appears there should be a VMware icon in the top-left that says &quot;Default Host Application&quot;, select it and click OK. (You can also check the &quot;Always use the selected program to open this kind of file&quot; so that it opens with the host application next time too).

If the VMware icon is not in the top-left, you may have to drop down the list with the &quot;Other Programs&quot; heading and you should see it there instead.



The document in the VM should now open in the default application on the host. For example, a pdf should open with Preview and a docx with Word for Mac.