VMWare Fusion 5 Windows 7 Home Prem-How to add programs to Windows 7

I just installed VMWare Fusion 5 and Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit to my Mac Book Pro using Lion OS. I cannot figure out how to add the programs to Windows 7 in this VM set-up.

I have a Publisher 2010 CD, and when I insert it into my Mac, nothing happens. When I click on the setup.exe, the Mac doesn't know what to do (of course).

I'm not familiar with Windows 7, so I don't know how to "manually" add programs. I recall when I used XP, I could go to the control panel and select "install program." I don't see such a feature in Windows 7.

I also need to know how to add a program that I will download from the Internet to Windows 7.

What am I missing?

Do you have the VM set to share the DVD/CD drive in the VM Settings?
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/do...dd_cd_dvd.html
This is for VMWare Workstation, but the process should be similar.

Yay! Thank you 714! It worked! You're a life-saver!

redpoppiez said:

Yay! Thank you 714! It worked! You're a life-saver!

No problem

Thank you kado897. When I downloaded the program it worked as you indicated above. It's been a while since I've worked in Windows.