How to uninstall Parallels Desktop V4 without uninstaller program

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Lammawym

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I am a V4 user which was upgraded from V3 via internet.
Now I purchase V7 and want to remove all stuff related to V4.
But I found the uninstaller from V3 CD is not work, and cannot locate any uninstaller program from parallels desktop folder.
According to knowledge base document, I should use the V4 uninstaller to do the job, does anyone know what else can I do at the moment ?
Francis
 
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From the kb article:

[open the Terminal application and enter line by line]

cd /Library/
sudo rm -rf Parallels <-You will be asked to provide your password, the one with which you log into your machine
cd /Library/Preferences/
sudo rm -rf Parallels
cd /Library/StartupItems/
sudo rm -rf ParallelsTransporter
cd /System/Library/Extensions/
sudo rm -rf prl_hid_hook.kext
sudo rm -rf prl_hypervisor.kext
sudo rm -rf prl_vnic.kext
sudo rm -rf prl_usb_connect.kext
sudo rm -rf prl_netbridge.kext
cd /Users/<username>/ <-This is your "home" folder
sudo rm -rf .parallels/
sudo rm -rf .parallels_settings

This will remove Parallels if you don't have the CD or image to hand. This will remove your VM as well, so if you want to retain it to migrate it to a newer version of Parallels, omit the last to lines.

Good luck!
 
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