Seamless integration, migration and installation of non-native application into native operating system

摘要

A method, system and computer program product migrating non-native applications include launching a first Virtual Machine (VM) and a first original guest OS in the VM, on a computing system that has the host OS and a host desktop, wherein the first VM has a non-native application associated with the first VM and the first original guest OS; replacing the first original guest operating system (OS) system in the first VM with a different version of the guest OS; upon a user attempting to launch the non-native application, migrating the non-native application in the first VM to the second VM; launching a second Virtual Machine (VM) and a second original guest OS in the VM, on the computing system; associating the non-native application with the second VM; launching the non-native application inside the second VM; and displaying a non-native application window to the user.