Windows 11 VM looks like a garbled mess since Parallels Update and Parallels Tools update

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop on a Mac with Apple silicon' started by DrMacintosh, Feb 19, 2026.

  1. DrMacintosh

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    Went to launch my VM after restarting to do a parallels tools update and now my VM looks like this. When it boots there is an error dialog but I can't read it because the display looks like this.

    I tried installing Parallels tools again but nothing seems to happen in the VM when I click the button. What do I do?
     
  2. DrMacintosh

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    I was able to almost blindly reinstall parallels tools and everything looks normal again.
     
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  3. KennethF

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    I can't get the start menu to display-- there's a faint outline but it never renders. I'll trying reinstalling PT for the third time, maybe that will work for me.
     

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