Pin VM to Right Click on Tray Icon Most Recent Menu

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Tony_Pitman

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When I right click on the Parallels tray icon it gives a list of the most recent VMs that I have run.
The timeout for when a VM not longer shows up on this list seems very short...less than a few days even.
I only have a handful of VMs that I use often, but sometime I won't use one for a few days and it leaves this menu.
I don't usually havre the main parallels window open and like to start the VMs from this recent list.
Is there a way to pin a VM to this list so it will never go away? Is there a way to make the timeout longer for a VM to stay on this list?
 
Hello @Tony_Pitman,
In the Parallels Desktop Control Centre, you could right-click on a VM and get the option to remove it from the list. Alternatively, you could start your VM and choose to keep the VM's icon on the Dock for quick access.
 
I don't want to remove anything, so I am not sure why you answered with that.
I also don't want several tray icons for each VM. I just want to pin all of my VMs to the SINGLE tray icon for parallels.
Right now if I right click on that tray icon I can see the last couple used VMs, but they don't stick for more than a few days.
 
Tony_Pitman said:
I don't want to remove anything, so I am not sure why you answered with that.
I also don't want several tray icons for each VM. I just want to pin all of my VMs to the SINGLE tray icon for parallels.
Right now if I right click on that tray icon I can see the last couple used VMs, but they don't stick for more than a few days.
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If you could share the screenshot of this tray icon, we will check and let you know.
 
Here is the screen shot. You will see that I currently only have a single VM showing upon the recent list. If I open another VM it will show up too, but depending on how long it is between when I open them they will just disappear.

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Tony_Pitman said:
When I right click on the Parallels tray icon it gives a list of the most recent VMs that I have run.
The timeout for when a VM not longer shows up on this list seems very short...less than a few days even.
I only have a handful of VMs that I use often, but sometime I won't use one for a few days and it leaves this menu.
I don't usually havre the main parallels window open and like to start the VMs from this recent list.
Is there a way to pin a VM to this list so it will never go away? Is there a way to make the timeout longer for a VM to stay on this list?
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Please open Windows virtual machine or any application then that icon will appear in Mac Dock right click on that icon Options > Keep in Dock.
 
I know I can do that. I am talking about the PARALLELS app icon that is ALREADY pinned to the dock. When you right click on THAT icon you get a "most recently opened" list of VMs. The problem is that after a few days if you have not opened a particular VM it DISAPPEARS from that list.

I would like to be able to PIN those VMs to the PARALLELS app icon that is ALREADY pinned to the dock.

Sorry for the caps, but I just feel like I am not communicating what I am after very well.
 
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