Parallels Tools Center

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

Parallels Workstation allows you to control statuses of Parallels Tools in all of the Windows guest OSes for which tools are provided (see the Parallels Tools Overview for tools descriptions and availability table). Parallels Tools Center, that is installed along with Parallels Tools, allows you to:

• check tools' statuses;
• temporarily disable and enable each tool separately (for those tools that can be stopped without violating guest OS executing);
• configure tool's specific parameters (for those tools that have them).

The Parallels Tools Center is organized as a collection of tabs, each of which contains settings for an individual tool. In each specific 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 on guest OS startup; its icon is placed into the guest OS system tray.

To open Parallels Tools Center:

• click its icon in guest OS system tray.

To restart Parallels Tools Center after disabling:

• Locate the ParallelsToolsCenter.exe file in the folder where you have installed the Parallels Tools and launch it.

  If you installed the Parallels Tools into the default folder, this file resides in the following path:

  C:/Program Files/Parallels/Parallels Tools/ParallelsToolsCenter.exe.

Using Parallels Tools Center in a Parallels Workstation 2.0 Virtual Machine

To use the Parallels Tools Center in a Virtual Machine created by Parallels Workstation 2.0:

• If you have installed in this Virtual Machine the Parallels Tools provided with Parallels Workstation 2.0, you need to upgrade this package. See the Upgrading Parallels Tools in a Parallels Workstation 2.0 Virtual Machine.
• If you have not installed the Parallels Tools in this Virtual Machine, you only need to install the Parallels Tools provided with Parallels Workstation 2.1. See the Windows Tools Installation.