I have been successfully using my Parallels program since August to run my PC based programs. Yesterday when I tried to log in I got this error message. Virtual machine cannot be started because of the following problem: Parallels Desktop is unable to access the virtual hard disk image file /Users/hayleysolich/Documents/Parallels/Microsoft Windows XP/winxp.hdd. The file is used by other application. I'd really appreciate any help anyone can give me as to how I sort this issue out. I've tried looking to see if there is any other program that I know of that may be using the image but there is nothing else open and the error occurs even after I shut everything down and reboot. Thanks in advance for any help, as I am losing money while it is down as I do my bread and butter graphics work on Parallels.
Please click one of the Quick Reply icons in the posts above to activate Quick Reply. Thank you so much. That has fixed the issue. I really appreciate your time. Regards Hayley
Warning I am pretty sure I followed the instructions perfectly and ended losing all data and having to reload windows. Back everything up before performing what appears to be simple solution.
