How to start my virtual machine?

How to start my Virtual Machine?

You have successfully installed Windows virtual machine as described here, but cannot find a way to start it.

Double click on Shortcut

There are several ways to start your virtual machine. If you have a virtual machine shortcut on your Desktop just double click it:

Start Virtual Machines from Parallels Desktop application

• Make sure you have Parallels Desktop running. Find it in the Dock:

Or in Launchpad:

Or in Spotlight:

Or in the Applications folder.

• After you have your Parallels Desktop started, right-click on the Dock icon and click on your virtual machine name at the top:

• Or click Control Center to see the full list of virtual machines:

and click Power Button to start the virtual machine:

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