
Running Virtual Machine 103
Opening a Virtual Machine When Another VM Is Running
When a virtual machine is running, you can not open another instance of Parallels Desktop via
the Dock or Finder.
To open another virtual machine:
Choose Open from the File menu to open instance of Parallels Desktop. It displays the Select
virtual machine dialog. Select from the list or click Choose to locate an existing virtual
machine or click New to create a new one.
Click an alias for the desired virtual machine on the Desktop. A new instance of Parallels
Desktop will be created, and the guest OS will start automatically.
Starting and Stopping Virtual
Machine
This section provides the information on how to start and stop a virtual machine. Also, it
describes how to pause or suspend a virtual machine and how to resume its work.
Starting a Virtual Machine
To start a virtual machine do one of the following:
Start Parallels Desktop. From the list of available virtual machines select the desired virtual
machine. See Selecting and Opening a Virtual Machine (page 100).
Click the Start Virtual Machine (
) button on the Parallels Desktop toolbar.
Choose Start from the Actions menu.
Click the virtual machine alias on the desktop or in the Dock. In this case, the guest OS
starts automatically.
You can see the booting process of the guest OS in Single Window mode. If no guest OS is
installed, you will see the black screen with the following message: "No boot device is
available".
If you don't see the toolbar on the Parallels Desktop window, refer to the Toolbar topic (page 45)
to learn how to open toolbar or change its position.
Note. The virtual machine can be started up only if you have activated your copy of Parallels
Desktop, see Activating Parallels Desktop (page 30).
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