Hiding Windows desktop icons from the Mac desktop?

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FrankO1

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I'm using Windows 10 in Parallels 12 under macOS 10.12, and I gather it's set up in coherence mode.

I had several shortcut icons on the Windows desktop for a few programs that did not display on my Mac desktop. However, today I installed several new programs under Windows, creating shortcuts on the Windows desktop, and I found that these display on the Mac desktop when I quit Windows and Parallels.

Is there a way to prevent these from appearing on the Mac desktop? Via a web search I came across a Parallels help page that suggested using option-left click on the icon on the Mac desktop to display a menu allowing the icon to be hidden, but this didn't work for me. Thanks in advance for any help.
 
Hi @FrankO1 , please help us with the screen shots of both Windows desktop and Mac desktop in normal mode and coherence mode, we will check and assist you further. Thanks Arunraj.
 
Hi Arun, thanks for the reply. Actually as a quick workaround I just dragged the icons from the Windows desktop into its taskbar at the bottom of the screen, which caused the icons to disappear from the Mac desktop. If I run into the issue again, I'll return here and post the screenshots. Thanks again.
 
Just a follow-up, though: Are the Windows desktop icons supposed to appear on the Mac desktop as well? I do always see Mac desktop items on the Windows desktop. What is the expected normal behavior?
 
Hi @FrankO1 , if sharing is enabled both Windows and Mac desktop icons will be shared. If you want the Desktop sharing to be disabled, you can Try Configure > Options> Sharing> Shared profile > Configure > Un check Desktop and check if that works.
 
Thanks for the suggestion. I also found that if I drag an icon on the Mac desktop into the trash, it will be removed there but will still remain visible on the Windows desktop.
 
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