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Seamless migration of non-native application into a virtual machine

  • US 8,910,163 B1
  • Filed: 02/26/2013
  • Issued: 12/09/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing non-native applications on a computer having a processor and a memory, the method comprising:

  • launching a first Virtual Machine (VM) and a first guest operating system (OS) in the VM, on a computing system that has a host OS and a host desktop,wherein the first VM has a non-native application associated with the first guest OS;

    replacing the first guest OS in the first VM with a different guest OS;

    upon a user attempting to launch the non-native application, associating the non-native application in the first VM with a second VM;

    launching the second VM and a second guest OS in the second VM;

    determining compatibility of the non-native application with the second guest OS; and

    launching the non-native application inside the second VM.

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