Why do I have to isolate Windows to run Java?

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HansL

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I am using Parallels Desktop 10 on Yosemite and I've installed Java 8 64-bit on Windows 8.1 64-bit. The app that I'm trying to start is CafeTran (www.cafetran.com). When I click on the EXE file or on the launcher Start.jar, nothing happens. When I click on CafeTran.jar, CafeTran will start but the developer told me that it'll only use 64 MB of RAM. The shortcut (link) that is created on the Windows Desktop does not show the CafeTran icon. When I assign it, it still isn't visible. However, it is visible on the Mac Desktop.

When I configure the Windows 8.1 VM to run isolated from OS X, CafeTran just starts file. Also the CafeTran icon is visible on the Desktop.

Since running in isolated mode is a severe limitation of the ease of use, I'd like to avoid this. What should I do to enable this?

BTW: Since I obviously cannot run Dropbox in an isolated Windows VM, what would be the most comfortable way to exchange files with the Host OS (apart from using a USB stick)?

Hans
 
The problem is not Isolation but sharing apps, you probably have Java installed on the Mac and when you click on your Java program it tries to use Mac Java?

Since Cafetran also has a version for OSX and you don't need to buy a separate license, have you tried using that instead?
 
Yes, that is true. Any idea how I might prevent the VM to access the Java version in the Host?
 
You mean that if I click on CafeTran.exe with the right mouse button that I can control, what OS will open it? But OS X doesn't open EXE, so I don't quite understand what you are saying.
 
No, this would work for the .jar files. You can turn off application sharing altogether.
 
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