Can´t create any virtual machine - "The specified configuration file is invalid."

[AndreasH44]

Did you find a solution?
I am in your exact situation. Migrated from M1 MacBook Air to M5 MacBook Air and i have the same issue still. I don't want to upgrade my parallels version, at least not now.

No solution of the original issue, but a solution for me. I wanted to do light gaming and office. As I found no help or solution I solved the office by using Mac Office and solved the gaming by purching Crossover for Mac, which provides quite a good performance. And I said goodbye to parallels, because this behavior I don't want to support.

 

[EmmaC2]

Hi Andreas,

I'd try updating Parallels first, especially since you're on an M4 Mac. I had a similar issue before and an update fixed it for me.

If that doesn't help, maybe try creating a completely new VM from scratch instead of importing the old one.

Hope you get it sorted!