How to not share mac application to windows?

I have tried a bunch of different settings and I still can't get rid of the paralells shared appplications in start>programs view.

Windows get quite confused when it sees programs that are not native to windows. For ex. excel documents saved using windows excel do not display the excel icon and don't open up automatically when I double click.

When I double click on windows files a window pops up asking me to select a program to open the files with and the list to choose from consists of all mac applications (no wonder windows can't find the proper windows program)

I have enable shared profile where my documents, music and photos folder are synced with their pc counterpart.

I have checked all my settings and I have no setting checked that has mac share it apps to windows.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

Hello,

as far as I understood, in Configuration Editor -> 'Shared Applications' tab you do not have 'Share Mac applications to Windows' checked, do you?
Please try to re-install Parallels Tools.
If this will not help, please go 'Applications' in Parallels menu and check if all options for "Shared Mac Applications" are grayed out there.

Best regards,
Stacey

 

Thanks for your reply.

I tried reinstalling paralells tools but it didn't solve anything. I have unchecked 'shared mac apps to windows' and 'share windows apps to mac'.

I don't have shared profile setup. The only thing I have checked is the user defined folders in the shared folders menu.

I also have the 'map folders to drive letters checked' in the shared folders menu.

With all these settings windows should not be showing me the mac applications. They also appear when I right click on a file and click 'open-with'.

As mentioned, none of my files are being recognized and thus not opening because windows cannot detect any of it's native program in the open program list.

Please let me know thanks.

 

Hello,

please try to enable all shared options in your Configuration Editor; then go 'Applications' in Parallels menu and click 'Populate' under "Shared Mac Applications".

Best regards,
Stacey