Windows Start Button ONLY?

[Aussiedee]

Ok this may sound weird or perhaps not....

A while back I was doing something on my mac (windows task bar showing at the bottom), and I must have hit some sort of sequence or command and then next thing I knew the windows task bar had disappeared but the little windows start button was still showing in the bottom left hand corner only.... I thought... COOL!! I like this! But I have no idea what I did to get that to happen. Was this just a fluke thing or can I really have just the little round button on the bottom left instead of the whole entire task bar?

Since, I haven't been able to figure it out or fluke it again, and I can't find anything in preferences about it or wouldn't know what it's called.

Any help?

I have Windows 7 and Parallels 8. Thanks!!

 

[YanaYana]

you will find a little parallels icon in the top bar ||
click it and open Start menu form there

 

[Aussiedee]

I already knew that.... that's not what I'm saying or asking about.

I want the Windows start button ONLY on the bottom left hand corner withOUT the task bar attached. It happened once by some weird thing I did but can't replicate it. Just thought it could be done.

It was like the little round windows start button was just floating in the corner.

 

[YanaYana]

No, it is not possible. However you can replace Parallels Icon in Dock with Windows start button. In VM Configure --> Options ---> Coherence disable Cristal

 

[sanjeetk]

Hi dear,

You can see a little parallels icon in the top bar click on it and open Start menu easily

 

[alev]

Hi Aussiedee,

You can:
1) Use right click on || icon in a menubar
2) Enable Windows Taskbar by click || and press Alt, then select "Show Windows Taskbar"
3) Use Windows Start menu analog - in the Dock there is a folder near the Trash named "Windows 7 applications" in your case

If the folder is not shown - make sure that you have enabled "Show Windows applications folder in Dock" in the virtual machine Configuration - Options - Applications tab.