alias

I have been running AccountEdge Pro in a Parallels Mojave virtual machine for a few years with no issues at all. I keep an alias in the virtual machine to the program data file that that is stored on my non-virtual machine...launching the alias to the data file will launch the AccountEdge Pro...

I'm running Parallels Desktop 13for Mac. Frequently I run a Windows app that creates data in a Windows folder, and I want a Mac app to read that data. How might I do this? I've tried to make a Mac alias (command-L) to the folder, but the Finder complains: The operation can't be completed...