Coherence and the windows start bar

[Rachel Faith]

It would of-cause be nice if we could get rid of the Start menu altogether and instead get a Start menu icon in the Mac OS X dock from where the items in the Windows Start menu could be accessed. A dockling or whatever it was called in the early Mac OS X days.

If I remember correctly this is how Virtual PC solved it in some of the last versions of that application.

//megus

YES !

That is exactly it !

I know they cant change the OS... but they can MASK anything... like powertools for AOL did back in the day, completely changed the look of AOL and added so many new features...

My work around is park it on the FAR right and then set my monitor resolution 2 px too far off the screen.

I cant see it, wont ever hit it, unless I really need it... and it doesnt LOOK like it exists...

 

[Rachel Faith]

Just thought I'd add that my Taskbar is hidden completely. In Windows I've placed the Start menu at the top of the screen. In Parallels, switch to Coherence view, then from the Parallels menu go View > Customise (I think) and there's an option to Show (or not) the start menu. Untick 'Show' and it should then hide the taskbar.

You may need to switch off 'Autohide' in Windows as this may conflict with the setting above - I've not tried it with autohide enabled (but can't see any reason you'd need autohide enabled if you're hiding the taskbar anyway!)

Good luck,

Tom

Nice.. I will try that and report back...

 

[macinfosys]

using the start button and the programs list is a way, but I use the task bars ability to display all my applications in quick start mode. This way I don't have to mess with using the start button except on rare occasion. Maybe I am the exception to my use of the task bar, but I use it a LOT. I like Coherence but at this point having the task bar work properly is more important than having windows apps run without the windows window showing. At the same time, I would like to have the task bar function identically in Coherence as it does in OS Windows mode.

david

I am in the same exact boat and I am NOT running ANY type of Quick Launch tool. I have loaded different apps on the XP side and my build is updates from older generation of Parallels builds up to the latest beta build. I am showing the Task Bar on the left side of my screen with the Auto Hiding active. I have tried locking the bar moving it back and forth and basically there is not much I can do to get it to AUTO HIDE (all the time). About the only option I have (when the task bar is locked) is when I am done, I right click on the task bar and select Properties and then click on the Cancel button and that gets rid of the task bar. But this is a sad way of using the auto hide feature in Coherence mode.

 

[gerbig]

About the only option I have (when the task bar is locked) is when I am done, I right click on the task bar and select Properties and then click on the Cancel button and that gets rid of the task bar.

I also see the same behavior, the start menu doesn't really autohide in Coherence mode. You have to either have a windows app active or click around like described above to get the taskbar to autohide. I'm currently setup with the dock on the left edge and taskbar at the bottom (I think the taskbar looks pretty horrible at the sides whereas the dock looks just fine on any edge). Is there a more official way to file a bug report?