Disabling Shared Profile problems

[TristramJ]

Hi

I want to be abel to freely copy files to and from my Windows 11 installation hosted by Parallels 18 on my Mac. The default is to have Shared Profile enabled which allows this but I would rather have separate folders for the Windows VM. If I disable the Mirror checkbox I loose the abili;ty to copy files into the Windows VM. Is there a way of not sharing the profile but still retaining the ability to cut and paste files from Mac host into the VM.

 

[Ashley Chumun]

Hi

I want to be abel to freely copy files to and from my Windows 11 installation hosted by Parallels 18 on my Mac. The default is to have Shared Profile enabled which allows this but I would rather have separate folders for the Windows VM. If I disable the Mirror checkbox I loose the abili;ty to copy files into the Windows VM. Is there a way of not sharing the profile but still retaining the ability to cut and paste files from the Mac host into the VM.

Greetings,
Thank you for your feedback.
To retain cut and paste ability between your virtual machine and host macOS while keeping the Virtual Machine's folder separate of the host macOS, please follow the steps below:
1. Shut down the virtual machine (Click on the "Actions" Menu on top of the Mac menu bar > Shutdown).
2. Right-click on the Parallels Icon in the dock > Select "Control Center" > Right-click on your Windows 11 virtual machine > select "Configure"
3. Select the "Options" tab > Sharing > Click "Customize" > Untick all the Folders that appears in the list e.g Desktop, Document, ect
This will keep the Virtual Machine's folders separate from the host macOS folder while keeping the cut-and-paste feature.
Thank you!