Trouble Playing Games in Parallel 3.0

[mato7742]

Ok,
so i've had parallels for a while now because i missed a few of the old windows games. i've been able to get everything running fine (no issues with the games being installed and running), it's only when i have the game open that problems occur (however, this is not with all games).

my main problem has been with age of empires. i've got the game installed and it opens and runs, but when i click the mouse my osx dock appears. everytime i click to do anything (and this game is basically one of clicking) the mac dock shows up. i can't figure out why this is happening since when i play red alert 2 the problem does not occur. it only seems to be with age of empires (ii and iii).

i've searched around a lot but to no avail. hopefully someone here will have some ideas.


thanks a lot!

 

[Kmax82]

You could try http://www.old-jewel.com/dockgone/

It's a $15 app, but there's a trial. Basically it disables your dock, and then when you want it back, you can just re-enable it from the menubar icon.

 

[zacharace]

Originally posted by: Kmax82
You could try http://www.old-jewel.com/dockgone/

It's a $15 app, but there's a trial. Basically it disables your dock, and then when you want it back, you can just re-enable it from the menubar icon.

...or maybe just turn dock hiding on?

 

[Kmax82]

Originally posted by: zacharace

Originally posted by: Kmax82
You could try http://www.old-jewel.com/dockgone/

It's a $15 app, but there's a trial. Basically it disables your dock, and then when you want it back, you can just re-enable it from the menubar icon.

...or maybe just turn dock hiding on?

Ah.. true. For some reason I just assumed he had tried that.. stupid me.