How to do Seamless Virtualization with Ubuntu, KVM and Windows 7?

I run Ubuntu-10.04 (Lucid Lynx) as my primary operating system. I have a KVM Windows7 VM which I use to run a Internet Explorer and a couple of other Windows only applications that I need.

I would like to use RDP to integrate these applications seamlessly into my Ubuntu desktop rather than having to use them within the KVM Console. I've been running through the instructions on the Ubuntu site but have had no success:

Essentially, when I invoke rdesktop I still get the full Windows desktop rather than just the one application I'm trying to launch. I suspect this is related to the fact that it's a Windows7 VM rather than an XP VM as used in those instructions.

Does anyone know how to get seamless RDP working with Windows 7?

3 Answers

That capability is referred to as RemoteApp and is part of the Windows Server architecture. See: What is needed to set up a RemoteApp for Windows 7?

Also, SeamlessRDP might be an option. I've never used it, so I cannot speak from experience.

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I am using VirtualBox on a Linux host with a bunch of various guests.

Once you install guest additions in a Windows guest, you will have seamless mouse, display integration and for me it works very good.

VirtualBox is completely free and you can find it here:

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You can get IE running in Linux by making user of the instructions at or google for IEs4Linux

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