Using Safe Mode
If you do not want a virtual machine to store the changes you make to it during the working session, you can start this virtual machine in Safe Mode. To be able to start the virtual machine in Safe Mode, you need to add the
Safe Mode
button
to the Parallels Workstation Extreme toolbar first. To this effect:
-
Right-click the toolbar in the virtual machine's window, and choose
Customize Toolbar
.
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Drag the
Safe Mode
button
to the toolbar and click
Done
.
When you have added the
Safe Mode
button
to the toolbar, you can use this button for starting the virtual machine in Safe Mode. When you shut down a virtual machine operating in Safe Mode, you will be asked whether you want to discard the changes made to the virtual machine's hard disk or to apply them:
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If you choose to discard the changes, the virtual machine's hard disk will be left intact and no changes made to it during your work in Safe Mode will be saved.
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If you choose to apply the changes, the virtual hard disk will keep all the changes made to it during your work in Safe Mode. After applying the changes, the virtual machine will not be able to return to the state it had before you started this virtual machine in Safe Mode.
If you want the virtual machine to permanently work in Safe Mode, you can enable the
Undo Disks
option in the
Startup and Shutdown
pane of
Virtual Machine Configuration
:
-
Choose
Configure
from the
Virtual Machine
menu to open the virtual machine configuration.
-
Click
Options
in Virtual Machine Configuration.
-
Select
Startup and Shutdown
.
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In the
Startup and Shutdown
pane, select the
Enable undo disk
option and click
OK
.
Fore more information about the
Undo Disks
option, refer to
Startup and Shutdown Settings
.
Usage Tip
Running the virtual machine in Safe Mode can be useful when testing the behavior of some applications to make sure that they cannot damage your computer.
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