Questions About Knowledge Base Article 125344

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop on a Mac with Apple silicon' started by Kurt Todoroff, Apr 10, 2026 at 5:57 AM.

  1. Kurt Todoroff

    Kurt Todoroff Member

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    I use an Intel iMac at my small business. (iMac17,1, Quad-Core Intel Core i7, 4 GHz, 24GB, 3TB, macOS 12.7.6)

    I run Parallels 20.4.1 and Windows 11 on this iMac. I run Sage 50 Accounting 2026 in Parallels / Windows 11.

    I intend to purchase a new Mac Studio M5 Max to replace this Intel Mac. I will purchase a Windows 11 Arm license for this installation.

    I read the Parallels Knowledge Base article at https://kb.parallels.com/en/125344 (Transfer data from an Intel-based VM to an ARM-based VM (For Windows x86 VM)). I have questions concerning these procedures.

    1: I attempted to perform the second step (as a dry run).
    "2. Right-click the virtual machine > select Show Hard Disk Contents..."
    The Control Center Windows 11 virtual machine drop down menu does not display the entry "Show Hard Disk Contents..."
    I attempted this with the VM running, suspended, not running.
    The drop down menu does not display this entry, in all three situations.
    Have I made a mistake?

    2: Does Parallels provide an automated tool that will transfer the following from the existing x86 VM to the new Arm VM:

    a: User installed applications.
    Sage 50 installs files at the:
    C: root
    C:>Program Files (x86) folder
    C:>Program Files (x86)>Common Files folder

    b: User created files/documents.

    c: Windows settings.
    Desktop picture
    Icons on the Desktop
    Taskbar configuration settings
    Various settings in Settings such as date/time/power/personalization, et cetera

    Thank you for any and all assistance.
     

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