Coherence Settings

Using the Coherence settings, you can configure a number of options related to the Coherence view mode for your virtual machine. This view mode is available only for Windows virtual machines that have Parallels Tools installed.

To edit these settings, do the following:

1. Open the Virtual Machine menu or Alt-click (Option-click) the Parallels icon in the Mac menu bar (in the Crystal view mode) and click Configure .
2. In the Virtual Machine Configuration window, click Options and select the settings name in the sidebar.

Note: For detailed information on the Coherence view mode, see Working in Coherence .

In this pane, you can configure the following options:

• Use Crystal mode . With this option selected, the virtual machine switched to the Coherence view mode will be switched to the Crystal mode . The Crystal mode is very similar to Coherence, however, it provides a higher level of integration between the host and guest operating systems.
• Show Windows notification area in menu bar . If you select this option, the Windows system tray icons will be available from both the Windows taskbar and the Mac OS X menu bar.
• Disable Windows Aero . This option is available for Windows 7 and Windows Vista guest operating systems. If you select this option, you will not be able to use the Aero theme in the Coherence and Crystal view modes. In other view modes , the Aero theme will be available.
• Hide minimized windows . Select this option to make minimized Windows applications appear on the taskbar only. With this option disabled, all minimized Windows applications will appear both on the taskbar and in the Dock.

Note: If you use several displays, you can arrange how you will see applications when moving them from one display to another. To this effect, select System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement on the Mac OS X menu and arrange the available displays in the Displays dialog.

If you want to prevent Virtual Machine Configuration from unauthorized changes, click the Lock icon at the bottom of the window. The next time someone wants to change the settings in any pane of Virtual Machine Configuration, an administrator's password will be required.