Menus

The Parallels Desktop menus contain all the controls available for Parallels Desktop and its virtual machines. The menus are displayed on the Mac OS X menubar.

There are the following menus:

• The Parallels Desktop menu displays the About Parallels Desktop dialog and lets you set Preferences.
• The File menu lets you create a new virtual machine or delete one of the already existing virtual machines. The Import command allows you to open virtual machines that are not registered in Parallels Desktop. The Run Parallels Transporter command allows you to migrate the information from other computers or virtual machines with the help of Parallels Transporter.
• The View menu includes commands for switching between different view modes: the Full Screen, Coherence, Modality, or Window mode. You also can customize how you view the toolbar.
• The Virtual Machine menu allows to manage the virtual machine, edit the virtual machine configuration, clone the virtual machine and convert it to a template, make screenshots of the virtual machine screen and install Parallels Tools in the virtual machine.
• The Devices menu is available only when the virtual machine is running. It allows you to configure certain devices and shared folders at runtime.
• The Window menu allows you to choose the application window you want to appear on top. This menu simplifies the navigation between the virtual machines.
• The Applications menu enables you to manage certain elements of the Windows desktop, manage your shared Windows and Mac applications, and configure the file extension associations with SmartSelect. To view and access this menu, you must install Parallels Tools.

  Note: The Applications menu is available only for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista guest OSs.

• The Help menu opens Parallels Desktop Help Center, lets you activate the product, check for updates, and report problems.

Parallels Desktop Shortcut Menu

Parallels Desktop icon placed in the Dock has a shortcut menu with a number of commands for smooth work with the virtual machine. Just right-click the Parallels Desktop icon to open this menu.

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