Web & Email Settings

In the Web & Email pane, you can choose where to open web pages and emails, install the plugin for Safari to open web pages in Internet Explorer, set whether to store Internet passwords in Mac keychain, and more.

To open these settings, choose Actions > Configure > Options, then click Web & Email.

VM_Configuration_Web and Email

Option

Description

Web pages

By default, clicking a link (such as a web page URL) in Windows opens the default Windows application for that link type, and clicking a link in macOS opens the default macOS application.

You can set links of a particular type to always open in macOS or in Windows. For example, you could set web pages to always open in Windows Internet Explorer, even if the link is clicked in a macOS application.

To set Internet links to open in macOS or Windows:

  1. Click the menu for the type of link you want to set. If you don't see the link type you want, click More Applications. The following types of links can be set:
  • Web Pages: Web pages accessible through the HTTP and HTTPS protocols.
  • Email: Links in the mailto format that open a pre-addressed email.
  • Newsgroups: Links in the news. format that typically open a newsreader application.
  • FTP: File upload and download locations accessible through the FTP protocol.
  • RSS: Episodic content, such as blogs and podcasts.
  • Remote Access: Locations accessible through the Telnet and Secure Shell (SSH) protocols.
  1. Choose one of the following:
  • Default: The link opens in the application or application set as default in the operating system (macOS or Windows) where you click the link.
  • Open in Windows: Links clicked in macOS or Windows open in the default Windows application for that link type.
  • Open in Mac: Links clicked in macOS or Windows open in the default macOS application for that link type.

Safari plugin

Some webpages work best when viewed in Windows Internet Explorer. If you are browsing in macOS using Safari, you can quickly open the current page in Internet Explorer by doing the following:

  1. Click Install Plugin to install the "Open in Internet Explorer" plugin.
  2. Once the plugin is installed, click the Open in IE button PD_IE_button in the toolbar.

If Windows isn't already open, it starts up and the page opens in Internet Explorer.

Store Internet passwords in Mac keychain

If you browse the Internet in Windows using Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge, you can set to store your passwords in Mac keychain. If you do so, the passwords you enter in Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge will be saved to Mac keychain. These passwords won't be accessible to any other applications and won't be lost if Windows gets corrupted or reinstalled.

To store Internet passwords in Mac keychain, select Store Internet passwords in Mac keychain.

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