At some point (dumb of me) I deleted most of the app shortcuts within Windows that launched mac apps. For example I can now longer cause the Mac version of Chrome to run from within my Windows guest. How do I re-create those app shortcuts (or whatever they are called)? Re-running the Parallels Tools installer does not help. Thanks!
Try to rerun settings in Windows Virtual Machine configuration. Go to Configure --> Options --> Applications. Uncheck the option to share Mac apps with Windows. Restart the VM. Check it back, restart again