3.0 Upgrade Problem Solved

[dennisw1mac]

I've had such a time trying to upgrade to 3.0 (all three builds), I don't think I have any hair left. I would go through the complete upgrade procedure, i.e. update Desktop on the Mac, then boot Winbloz and run the Tools installer. Yet every time Winbloz would reboot after the Tools installer finshed, Desktop on the Mac would unexpectedly quit, every time with every 3.0 build. Then after scouring the forums to find some advice, I stumbled upon this little nugget, which solved my problems. I can't take credit for it, but I thought this info should be easier to find for others...

Open the Parallels application - do not start the Virtual Machine.
From the Edit menu select "Virtual Machine"
Select "Shared Applications" from the list
De-select everything - click okay.

Start the Virtual machine
For me - Windows then booted normally.

 

[Hugh Watkins]

do you have enough free disk place?
are you using bootcamp?

just curious because I have not had the same bad experiences on mac Book Pro OS 10.4.10


Hugh W

 

[johnq@internode.on.net]

I have been having the same problem. This rectified it THANKS.

I am little confused however, what am I now missing out on?

 

[johnholley]

Thanks! This helped me as well.

 

[ohTina]

I'll give it a try - nothing else has worked. Did you have to leave the shared applications choice off permanently?

 

[ohTina]

no luck. same crash at the point setup is Launching Windows