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How to use Windows AppVMs
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Using Windows AppVMs in seamless mode (Qubes R2 Beta 3 and later)
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TODO
Once you start a Windows-based AppVM with Qubes Tools installed, you can easily start individual applications from the VM (note the `-a` switch used here, which will auto-start the VM if it is not running):
``` {.wiki}
qvm-run -a my-win7-appvm explorer.exe
```
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Also, the inter-VM services work as usual -- e.g. to request opening a document or URL in the Windows AppVM from another VM:
``` {.wiki}
[user@work ~]$ qvm-open-in-vm work-win7 roadmap.pptx
```
``` {.wiki}
[user@work ~]$ qvm-open-in-vm work-win7 http://www.invisiblethingslab.com
```
... just like in case of Linux AppVMs. Of course all those operations are governed by central policy engine running in Dom0 -- if the policy
Inter-VM file copy and clipboard works for Windows AppVMs the same way as for Linux AppVM (except that we don't provide a command line wrapper, `qvm-copy-to-vm` in Windows VMs) -- to copy files from Windows AppVMs just right-click on the file in Explorer, and choose: Send To-\> Other AppVM.
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Forcing Windows AppVM into full desktop mode
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