Replace Parallels Icon
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Nov 13, 2008, 10:17 AM
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Dominic Spitaler Junior Member Join: Nov 2008 Posts: 1 |
Replace Parallels Icon Hey guys, I'd like to replace the standard parallels desktop 4.0 application icon. I've already tried it by copy-pasting the icon on the parallels application (didn't work), and then replaced the Parallels.icns file with my own. This worked but as soon as I start the application it gets replaced by the standard application icon again. I spent like two hours searching my hard disk for the interface graphics, files and icons but couldn't find any. I hope someone can help me with this. Through the beta testing I was hoping the app icon would be replaced with something better but the final icon is as painful to look at like the early beta icons. Dominic |
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Nov 13, 2008, 12:29 PM
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denpashonen Junior Member Join: Aug 2008 Posts: 22 |
This is purely cosmetic. But that bright red bars especially on my file icons are really starting to annoy me. It stands out like a sores on a otherwise pleasant terrain. Or as our first grader put it aptly when he saw plethora of windows file icons with the red hashes on my Desktop, "Dad, did you get those all wrong?" I too posted earlier today that I miss the original icon. I'm not asking Parallels to revert back its trademark. But perhaps Parallels could choose to make it bit more subtle. |
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Nov 13, 2008, 04:23 PM
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tinypilot Junior Member Join: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 |
I wanted to ask the same... Tried to replace the monitor icon with another in CandyBar. It works for a short while, but then it's replaced with the white monitor again. I really don't mind the white monitor. But those red bars are just way too obstructive and really looks slapped on. I understand that the two red bars are your trademark, but they are not well implemented. I tried with the Windows XP start button, but there the red bars were even more badly implemented without a thought on design at all. Another thing that would be sweet would be to make a possible workaround for the XP taskbar icons in the Mac menu line, I love the idea that they can be seen, but could not think of any Mac user that could stand the ugly look of those for more than 5 mins. I only want black icons up there. I installed Window Blinds with a nice Leopard skin and the coherence mode now look as good as possible, only need the two above cosmetic surgeries and I am a happy camper! |
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Jul 28, 2009, 01:38 PM
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David Schlachter Join: Jul 2009 Posts: 1 |
"Parallels Service.app" has the icon You also need to replace "/Library/Parallels/Parallels Service.app/Contents/PlugIns/Parallels VM.app/Contents/Resources/Parallels.icns" with the Parallels.icns of your choice. I've been using "pvm.icns" from the Parallels application bundle—it fits better on my dock. |
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Oct 10, 2009, 03:49 AM
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LemonSeltzer Join: Oct 2009 Posts: 2 |
Dock Icon The new Parallels dock icon is simply stupid. Those silly red bars make it look like there is a problem or that the virtual machine is paused... two vertical bars means PAUSED. |
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Jan 25, 2010, 10:03 AM
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EmirO Join: Jan 2010 Posts: 1 |
Any solution yet? Agreed the bars look like pause and confuse my users, and agreed the icon is not as elegant as other OS X icons. But I also have the issue of not being able to differentiate multiple VMs. I tried setting the desktop on different VMs to different colors, but that does not really work when apps obscure the background. Replacing the .icns file works until you launch the VM, then the app seems to have the icon hard-coded. Has anyone found a solution? |
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