To open a Windows application, click the Windows folder and then click the application you want. You can then click any macOS application to open it. Just click the Launchpad icon (looks like a rocket) in the Dock. You can see a full screen display of all your Windows applications and Mac applications using Launchpad. Then type the name of the application and select it from the list. Click the Spotlight icon in the upper-right corner of your screen, or press Command-Space bar on your keyboard.

You can search for and open Windows applications using Spotlight: Now you can open the application again anytime by clicking the icon in the Dock.

Drag the application's icon from the Finder to the Dock.

Right-click or Control-click the Windows application icon in the Dock and choose Keep in Dock from the shortcut menu.

To keep a Windows application's icon in the Dock, do one of the following: Keeping a application's icon in the Dock provides a quick way to open the application anytime.

By default when you close the application, the icon disappears from the Dock. When you open a Windows application, its icon appears in the macOS Dock at the bottom of the screen. Note: You can also Control-click or Right-click the Parallels icon. If Windows is in Full Screen or Window mode, open the Start Menu as you normally would.Click the Parallels icon in the menu bar and choose Windows Start Menu.To open a Windows application from the Start menu:

Be sure Share Windows applications with Mac is selected, and then select Show Windows applications folder in Dock.

Click Options and then click Applications.

If the Parallels Desktop menu bar is visible at the top of the screen, choose Actions > Configure.

Click the Parallels icon in the menu bar and choose Configure.

To add the Windows applications folder to the Dock:

Click the folder, and then choose a application.

To open a Windows application using the Windows Applications folder: As you install more applications, they are automatically added. This folder is available in the macOS Dock and contains all your Windows applications. Note: All Windows application icons can be easily identified by the Parallels Desktop symbol in the lower-right corner of the icon.

From the Windows Applications folder in the Dock.

Here are several ways to open Windows applications: Opening a Windows application is as easy as opening a Mac application. Open a Windows Application Open a Windows Application

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