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Status Bar

When the virtual machine is running, the status bar of its window displays the information about devices connected to the virtual machine.

PW6 - Status Bar

The following devices have icons in the status bar:

  • Keyboard Keyboard icon
  • Floppy disk drive Floppy Disk icon
  • CD/DVD-ROM CD/DVD-ROM icon
  • Hard disk Hard Disk icon
  • Network adapter Network Adapter icon for Status Bar
  • Serial port Serial Port icon
  • Parallel port PWst Parallel Port icon
  • Sound card Sound Card icon for Status Bar
  • USB controller USB Controller for Stetus Bar
  • assigned PCIe video adapter StatusBar_PCIeVideoAdapter
  • shared folders Shared Folders icon for Status Bar

If you see the Parallels Tools icon icon in the status bar, it means that Parallels Tools are installed in your virtual machine.

You can connect or disconnect some of the virtual machine devices at runtime by clicking their icons in the status bar and choosing the respective commands from the shortcut menu. The picture below shows the shortcut menu for the CD/DVD-ROM drive.

Status Bar Menu

To connect CD/DVD ISO images to the virtual machine's CD/DVD-ROM drive or connect floppy images to its floppy disk drive, drag the required image file over the CD/DVD-ROM drive icon or the floppy disk drive icon in the status bar. For more information, see Changing Configuration at Runtime .

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