User Manual

Managing Virtual Machines 105
Opening Recently Used Virtual Machines
To open one of the recently used virtual machines:
1 Select the name of the machine in the
Recently Used Virtual Machines list. The VM Path will
show the respective configuration file.
2 Click
Open.
The list of the recently used virtual machines is empty if you launch Parallels Workstation for
the first time.
Browsing Hard Disk for a Configuration
To open an existing virtual machine that is not in the recently used list:
 Click
Browse button and locate the desired configuration file.
Creating a New Virtual Machine
To create new virtual machine:
 Click the
New VM button and follow the New Virtual Machine Wizard (page 59).
Also, you may close this dialog by clicking the
Cancel button; a blank virtual machine will be
opened and you may start creating a new virtual machine manually.
What to Open on Parallels Workstation Startup
The Load recently used VM at startup and Show startup dialog options control what happens
when Parallels Workstation is started. The same options are in the
Common tab (page 90) of
Preferences window and are described in the respective topic. Whenever you check/uncheck
these options in one of these screens, they are automatically changed in the second one.
Editing Virtual Machine
Configuration
Configuration of an existing virtual machine can be changed in the Configuration Editor. In this
section we consider editing settings of devices already included in the configuration and general
virtual machine settings. Adding and removing devices are discussed in the separate section,
Adding New Devices to Virtual Machine (page 128).
Changing Device Settings
To change device settings:
1
Open the Virtual Machine (on page 103) you wish to make changes to.
2 Display the
Configuration Editor by clicking button on the Command
Button panel, or select
Edit Configuration in the File menu, or just click a device name in the
Resource Name list.