The Preferences window offers a selection of settings, which apply to all virtual machines of the current user.
The available Preferences settings depend on the selected experience level. To display all Preference settings, ensure the experience level is set to Expert.
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To display the Preferences window, do either of the following:
Select File, Preferences.
Click Preferences on the Welcome screen in
The following settings are available:
General. Enables you to specify the default folder or directory for VM files, and the VRDP Authentication Library.
Input. Enables you to specify
keyboard shortcuts, such as the Host
key. This is the key that toggles whether the
cursor is in the focus of the VM or the Host OS windows, see
Update. Enables you to specify various settings for Automatic Updates.
Language. Enables you to specify the language used for menus,
labels, and text in
Display. Enables you to specify the screen resolution, and its width and height. A default scale factor can be specified for all guest screens.
A default font scaling factor can be set for all guest screen displays.
Other extended features can be selected, to ensure that guest screens work well with the host display.
Proxy. Enables you to configure an HTTP proxy server.
Interface. Enables you to select a color theme for the
This setting is only available on Windows host platforms.