Any way to set up Hyper V or any other virtualization that opens and closes on specific software installed within?

[sepheronx]

Confusing as I have no idea how to word the title but

Here is situation:

Friend I have built a semi older but capable workstation has some programs that do not work under Windows 11. He purchased them and he is the most stubborn of guys and thus needs to use them. Of course Windows 11 can be troublesome for older software so I figured why not run a VM of lets say Window 7 that can use the software. But this guy isn't the most tech savvy individual and he is would eventually just complain "it isn't working" out of randomly nowhere cause he would screw it up.

What I was thinking:

Set up a VM with the software installed in it, have shortcuts on his main desktop. When he wants to use the program, he double clicks that exe that opens up the instance of the VM and opens up that software within. Seamless. Much like how the Xbox Series systems do it for their games.

Is it possible?

 

[W1zzard]

VMware's vmrun command supports executing commands in guests

 

[sepheronx]

VMware's vmrun command supports executing commands in guests

ill look into this, thanks ol bean!

 

[Harlow]

if your friend's software requires direct access to the main video card (or iGPU) for OpenCL/OpenGL acceleration in Hyper-V, you'll need to enable GPU passthrough:-
https://www.nakivo.com/blog/hyper-v-gpu-passthrough/

Note: Only Generation 2 Hyper-V VMs can be used for GPU passthrough with DDA. Do not set up a Generation 1 VM if you want to use Microsoft Hyper-V with
GPU passthrough.

Similarly, if he needs direct access to USB devices (apart from mouse and keyboard), you'll need USB passthrough:-
https://woshub.com/how-to-connect-a-usb-drive-directly-to-a-hyper-v-vm/