"Module vm-main is not found" - ???

I consistently get this error message when I try to launch Parallels:

The only way to work around this is to trash the existing copy and install a fresh copy of the application.

This is the sequence of events to reproduce:

1. Install a fresh copy (I already have a disk image installed and ready).
2. Launch, use the application, everything's cool.
3. At some point I reboot my system
4. When I try to launch Parallels now, I get the above error.
5. Repeat at #1.

Anyone else seeing this issue? The only thing I can think of is that the Parallels application doesn't like being moved from the top level Applications folder, but I haven't tested that hypothesis yet.

Neil

 

Parallels application must be on top of /Applications/ directory, otherwise drivers can't be started and Parallels Workstation can't work.

 

Parallels can't be moved from the place where it was placed by installer.

 

For those of us who like to organize our applications into sub-folders (Games, Internet, Media, etc.), requiring Parallels Workstation to remain in /Applications is definitely a limitation.

While I would not call it a "bug", I don't see a technical reason why "/Applications" is hard-coded into the program itself. Here is a request that this limitation be removed in a future version.