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Parallels Tools Center

Note. Parallels Tools Center is available in Windows guest OSes only.

Parallels Workstation allows you to control the status of Parallels Tools in all of the Windows guest OSes for which tools are provided (see Parallels Tools Overview for tools descriptions and availability table). The Parallels Tools Center allows you to:

The Parallels Tools Center is organized as a collection of tabs, each of which contains settings for an individual tool. In each guest OS, the Parallels Tools Center contains tabs only for those tools that you have installed in your guest OS.

Parallels Tools Center is started automatically upon guest OS startup; its icon is placed into the guest OS system tray.

Installing Parallels Tools Center

Parallels Tools Center is installed along with Parallels Tools. Refer to the Installing Parallels Tools section for detailed instructions.

Upgrading

If you have a virtual machine created by a previous version of Parallels Workstation with Parallels Tools installed, you need to upgrade this package. See Upgrading Parallels Tools.

Parallels Tools Center in Parallels Workstation 2.2 contains new Shared Folders Options tab needed for Shared Folders function in Windows 2000/XP/2003 guest OSes.

Opening Parallels Tools Center

To open Parallels Tools Center:

Restarting Parallels Tools Center

To restart Parallels Tools Center after disabling:

In This Section

Clipboard Synchronization Tool Options

Time Synchronization Tool Options

Video Driver Options

Mouse Synchronization Tool Options

Network Driver Options

Disk Compacting Tool Options

Shared Folders Options