Cannot Find Windows 7 virtual Machine

[VernonB]

Hello,

A user ran a windows update and the virtual machine no longer exists on the MAC. I searched for the .pvm file but it is not in the parallels directory under shared nor does it show up under the documents/parallels directory. All I see is a backup folder but nothing is in there either. Could it have been deleted somehow?

 

[Parallels User]

There is no way Windows update could delete or make the VM disappear, something else happened.

 

[VernonB]

I want to make sure that I am looking in the correct location. Is there a way to search the whole computer for *.pvm files? Or is that the correct extension?

 

[Parallels User]

You can use Spotlight search by typing pvm on the looking glass in the upper right corner, then clicking 'Show All'. But if you really want to look everywhere and in non user directories you'll need to use the terminal.

In Terminal.app:

sudo find / -name *.pvm

This will search whole the disk and external volumes for files (packages) with the .pvm extension, sudo is optional but if you don't sudo it will cough out a bunch of warning about folders it can't look into.