Installing Windows 11 on MacBook Air M4 with parallells 18 fails

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop on a Mac with Apple silicon' started by HelgeR2, Aug 6, 2025.

  1. HelgeR2

    HelgeR2

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    Im trying to install Windows 11, but both when asking Parallels to do it for me, and if I download the ISO (ARM) manually, Parallels seems to fail. The same thing happens to my colleague.

    This is the message that pops up:
    "Make sure that the specified file is a valid Parallels virtual machine configuration file and it is not corrupt, or select another file."

    I also get this message:
    "Cannot register this virtual machine due to an ID conflict."
     

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