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Use Windows on Your Mac
Note: If you don't see the status bar, click the triangle next to the gear icon.
The following devices have the icons on the status bar:
• Keyboard
• Floppy disk drive
• CD/DVD drive
• Hard disk
• Network adapter
• Sound card
• USB controller
• Shared folders
• Serial port
• Parallel port
If the
icon appears in the status bar, Parallels Tools are installed.
To connect or disconnect a device, such as the DVD drive, from Windows, click the device icon to
display its shortcut menu and select the command.
You can also connect images of discs to Windows as if they were physical DVDs, CDs, or floppy
disks. To do so, drag the image file over the CD/DVD-ROM drive or floppy disk icon on the status
bar.
Hide/Show Status Bar
If you don't need the status bar while working with Windows, you can hide it (click View > Hide
Status Bar) and make visible again when necessary (click View > Show Status Bar).