Adding an Existing Virtual Machine
If you already have a virtual machine stored on your physical computer but it is missing from the list of virtual machines registered in Parallels Workstation Extreme, you can easily add it with the help of Add Existing Virtual Machine Wizard.
To add an existing virtual machine
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Choose
Add Existing
from the
File
menu to start Add Existing Virtual Machine Wizard.
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In the
Introduction
window, click
Next
. If you do not want the
Introduction
window to appear in future, select
Always skip introduction
.
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In the
Select a Virtual Machine
window, you should locate the virtual machines you want to add:
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You can set the path to a specific virtual machine's configuration file (
config.pvs
). Select the
Add a specific virtual machine
option and type the path in the
File
field or click the
Choose
button and navigate to the necessary file. Click
Add
and go to Step 5.
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You can find all virtual machines in a specific folder. Select the
Search for virtual machines in this folder
option, type the path to the the necessary folder in the
Start from
field or click the
Choose
button, and navigate to it. Click
Search
.
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If you chose
Search for virtual machines in this folder
, in the next window the wizard displays all the virtual machines found in the specified folder that are not registered in Parallels Workstation Extreme. Select the virtual machines you want to add.
If you want to select all items at a time, click the
Select All
button
displayed below the list.
If you want to clear all items at a time, click the
Clear All
button
displayed below the list.
Review the selection and click
Add
.
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Click
Finish
to exit the wizard.
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