VMWare Fusion Updated to Version 2.0.1

On the heels of the major Parallels Desktop upgrade Tuesday, VMWare have released a minor update to their virtual computer software, VMware Fusion 2, on Friday. The company had this to say about the release:

VMware Fusion 2.0.1 is a maintenance release of VMware Fusion 2. It has the following enhancements:

• Contains bug fixes described in Resolved Issues
• Now shows application badge instead of generic document icons when assigning Windows applications to Mac documents
• Greatly reduced initial pause when opening mirrored or shared folders
• No longer disables certain shared folders and mirrored folders that were nested folders. The potential data loss issue with nested shared folders has been resolved
• No longer publishes Windows guest applications to Mac if Allow the virtual machine to open applications on your Mac is unchecked in virtual machine Settings > Sharing
• AutoProtect postpones taking a snapshot when the user is interacting with the virtual machine
• No longer maps Num Pad Enter to AltGr by default for non-European keyboards
• Brings back the Enable Hints menu item in Help menu

A detailed list of issues fixed in this release is available on release notes page.