Mac computers: How to change a Virtual Machine path into a drive letter
One Legacy user explained:
I use Legacy on my Macbook running OSX 10.9.5 and Parallels Build 9.0.24251 and Windows XP SP3. I have several others that use Parallels 10 and OSX 10.9.5 and Windows 7 64bit. A few are using OSX 10.x and which requires Parallels 10. Some are also using Windows 8 and higher.
The problem with the \\psf... style path names in the virtual machine are resolved in Parallels by using the following settings:
View -- do not use coherence mode or modality mode (they are un-checked)
Screen shots of the Parallels configuration settings
1) General tab -- Windows XP can only use about 3.3gb but Windows 7 64bit could utilize more memory. Notice that I'm only using about 32gb of disk space for the Windows XP VM.
2) Options tab -- no sharing of folders or Mac volumes
3) Hardware tab -- only the Hard Disk settings are shown
4) Security tab -- nothing special.
With these settings, I can install Legacy in the Windows environment and it does not have the complications of the \\psf... style path names. I think similar results are possible with VMWare and VirtualBox. I have not tested any virtual machines running Windows 10 or 11 yet but I suspect it will be similar.