First, read the Parallels user guide. All of it. Really. Then, search the Mac technical forum where this subject has been discussed extensively. Then, if you still have questions, post them in the Mac technical forum.
parallels tools created short cuts on both OS desktops path in MS IE 7 \\.psf\hw2\Aaaa_start_page2.htm and in firefox 1.5.* in Mac OS file:///Users/hughw36/Desktop/shared%20winxp%20mac%20os/Aaaa_start_page2.htm I use the same browser home page for both systems I created it myself and it has a silly name to make it easy to spot /Aaaa_start_page2.htm with quick links to all the web sites I use daily and blogger.com dashboard functions for each of my blogs I keep a copy as an attachment in a gmail to myself so i can use it from any computer in the world I have renamed the folder on the mac OS desktop /shared winxp mac os/ hw2 and hw1 are windows folders I created with sub folders / directories where I keep the files I am working on eg \\.psf\hw2\FTM extra back ups\bad ftm another advantage of NEVER yes *NEVER* saving data on a VM is if you make a new VM clone you have immediate access to the same data you worked on minutes ago with Windows explorer you can get onto the Mac Desktop too Hugh W
