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Set the Appearance of Virtual Machine Dock Icons

You can choose which type of icon appears in the Mac OS X Dock when your virtual machine is open or running.

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Click the Parallels icon in the menu bar and choose Preferences . Then click General .
    • If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Parallels Desktop > Preferences , and then click General .
  2. From the Virtual Machine Dock Icons menu, choose one of the following:
    • OS Icon : The Dock icon shows the icon of the operating system installed in the virtual machine.
    • Live Screenshot : The Dock icon shows a miniature image of what you see in Windows.
    • None : Virtual machines running in Window, Full Screen or Modality modes don't have separate icons in the Dock.