I use Parallels on my Mac and it has been working great for me. Last Friday, I shut down my virtual macine as I have always done. Now, when ever I try to start my virtual machine, I get the message, "Virtual machine XP_XP_XP cannot be opened since it is already used in another Parallels Desktop window." I have tried everything except reinstalling... any suggestions?
which version of parallels I remember that it used to happen to me in December 2006 and there was a fix for it >> Hello Hugh, Thank you for contacting Parallels Support. Your image is not broken, just erroneously blocked by Parallels Desktop. This defect will be fixed very shortly. For now, here's what you need to do to remove the lock and let your VM start again: Solution: 1. Make sure Parallels Desktop is not running. 2. Open Macintosh HD->Applications->Utilities->Terminal 3. Run exactly the following command (better copy-paste it from this letter into Terminal as is): rm -i `find ~/Library/Parallels/ -name *.lock -print` 4. Terminal prompts you to confirm the deletion of the file. Make sure that the file has "lock" at the end and confirm the deletion by pressing "Y". 5. Start your virtual machine. You shouldn't see the "already in use" error anymore. Please let me know how it goes. Thank you in advance. << at your own risk terminal is scary Hugh W
