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Set the View Mode

While running a guest operating system you can switch between the following view modes:

  • Window mode. The guest operating system desktop and its programs appear together in a separate window. This is the default view mode.
  • Full Screen mode. The guest operating system is expanded to occupy the whole of your physical computer's screen. The host operating system is hidden.
  • Coherence mode. Programs from the guest and host operating systems appear together on the host OS desktop. The desktop of the guest operating system is invisible.

    Note: The Coherence view mode is available only for Windows 7/Vista/XP guest operating systems with Parallels Tools installed.

To switch a virtual machine working in the Window view mode to any other view mode, use the View Mode menu in the lower right corner of the virtual machine window.

PW6 - View menu

Note: You can change the virtual machine view mode only when the virtual machine is running.