
110 Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide
Create the icons in the Dock or aliases on Mac desktop for all your favorite Windows
applications. Clicking such an alias starts the virtual machine and the corresponding Windows
application in it. The virtual machine switches to Coherence mode right away.
Share applications between Windows and Mac OS X
You can use Mac OS X applications to open the files in your Windows guest OS and vice versa.
The list of Parallels Shared Applications is created during Parallels Tools installation. The list
includes your Mac OS X applications and is available when you choose All Programs -> Parallels
Shared Applications from the Windows Start menu. You can select any application from the list
and start it.
Right-click your document in Mac OS X or Windows and choose any available Mac OS X or
Windows application from the Open With list.
You can manage shared applications using the Applications menu:
Choose Shared Windows Applications to view Favorite, Recent and Running applications.
You can also update the Windows applications list in your Mac OS X by selecting the
Populate option.
Choose Shared Mac Applications to update the list of Mac applications available in your
Windows guest OS.
Configure file extension associations with SmartSelect
You can choose the application that will always open files of a certain type on your Mac OS X,
no matter whether this is a Windows or a Mac application. The feature is available from the
application shortcut menu (when opened from the Dock) or the Applications menu on the
Parallels Desktop menu bar.
Note. SmartSelect is available only if you enable sharing options of the Shared Folders tab
(page 168) in Configuration Editor.
Troubleshooting file sharing problems in Windows Vista
User Account Control (UAC) is a new security component of Windows Vista. When turned on,
it doesn't allow some operations with Windows files being performed from Mac OS X. For
example, when you are trying to copy a Windows file to your Mac OS X, you will see the
warning like the one below:
You can turn UAC off to prevent such messages from reappearing.
To turn off UAC in Windows Vista
1 Go to Start -> Control Panel.
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