Can I minimize VMWare Workstation from exclusive mode?

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Published on 2012-06-11T04:16:11Z Indexed on 2012/06/11 4:42 UTC
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I am running a VM on two monitors, in fullscreen exclusive mode.

I would like to be able to minimize the VM and mess around in the Host, then go back to the VM.

I can do this by pressing CTRL+ALT to get out of fullscreen mode, but this puts the VM back onto a single monitor, which moves all my VM's windows back to the main virtual screen. This is annoying, because when I come back to the VM, I have to go back to multiple monitor mode, and move windows back to where they should be.

Is there a way to temporarily escape from fullscreen exclusive mode, without disturbing multi-monitor layout?

I should note that I'm only using exclusive mode to get rid of the popup toolbar that otherwise appears when your mouse gets too close to the top of the screen. If there's another way to kill that, please let me know.

My host and guest are both Windows 7 x64, and I'm running VMWare Workstation 8.

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