Problem with VMWare Fusion and OS 10.6.8 and Safari

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Problem with VMWare Fusion and OS 10.6.8 and Safari

when i try to open Safari from say a tracking number or even if i try to install an extension for safari from a download by double clicking it in my downloads folder instead of my mac version of safari opening it opens safari in vmware fusion this just started a few days ago i haven't updated anything i'm using safari 5.1 on my mac and this is a imac intel 2.8ghz intel 2 dual processor

please help as this is causing me a lot of problems

thanks Mike

Mac OS X (10.6.8), iMac 2.8ghz MBP 2.33ghz OS 10.7

Posted on Feb 24, 2012 8:18 AM

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Answer 1

a brody

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Feb 24, 2012 8:36 AM in response to macman60

Contact VMWare. VirtualBox never gives me this problem. http://www.virtualbox.org/

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ds store

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Feb 24, 2012 8:56 AM in response to macman60

It's not a big concern, apparantly the assocaition what program opens that file when you click on it is off kilter.

It's surely a VMFusion issue as they tweak things a bit in OS X as to be able to merge OSX and the guest operating together for a more seamless experience.

Perhaps you opened the file once in Safari in VMFusion and now it has that association, or when there was a menu selection you picked the wrong one by accident.

Register on get on the VM forums and post your question there and they can assist, it's a easy fix but it escapes me.

I run VMFusion too and noticed this ability once when I had OS's merged, but I don't merge operating systems anymore, rather I prefer to keep each one seperate.

Good luck, ask on VM's forums and you'll be fine. 🙂

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macman60 Author

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Feb 24, 2012 11:46 AM in response to ds store

I found how to make this problem go away hope this may help others:

Cocktail, launch it, go to the System section, Click on the checkbox for "Restore default file associations" and then click on Rebuild, to the right of "Rebuild Launch Services database."

This theoretically *should* restore everything to open correctly with the app they are supposed to on your Mac, and not in VMWare.

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ds store

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Feb 24, 2012 1:11 PM in response to macman60

macman60 wrote:

This theoretically *should* restore everything to open correctly with the app they are supposed to on your Mac, and not in VMWare.

Yes it restores the default file/application assocations and the Launch Services has to be restarted to take that into effect. (A reboot works too)

Good to know, however I thought VM might have had their own influnce in there someplace.

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