Can't remove virtual machine

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Tom_Hesselman

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Parallels Desktop 12, one Windows 10 VM working fine.

I inadvertently started a VM by double clicking a PVM file from a backup hard drive. It now shows up in the Control Center and a window like it's trying to start. I right click it in Control Center and click remove. it tells me I don't have permission to remove the virtual machine. I can't stop it, it doesn't have a PVM file anywhere (well, other than the now disconnected external HD!!)

How do I "shut it down" and how do I remove it from Control Center?

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Tom_Hesselman said:
Parallels Desktop 12, one Windows 10 VM working fine.

I inadvertently started a VM by double clicking a PVM file from a backup hard drive. It now shows up in the Control Center and a window like it's trying to start. I right click it in Control Center and click remove. it tells me I don't have permission to remove the virtual machine. I can't stop it, it doesn't have a PVM file anywhere (well, other than the now disconnected external HD!!)

How do I "shut it down" and how do I remove it from Control Center?

There is no more Parallels email support, only Twitter or this forum?
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Hello @Tom_Hesselman ,
Please stop the running the virtual machine and then try to remove it from the control center.
 
I can't STOP it, it isn't running!! There is no PVM file for it. I can't stop it or start it. It just shows up in Control Center and there WAS a small window showing the VM, but I hid that. Even if I unhide the window, I can't close it any way I can think of. So, can't stop it, can't start it, can't close it, can't remove it from Control Center. I even deleted the PVM file on the removable hard drive, plugged it back in, nothing works.

I guess it doesn't matter, there's no PVM file, so hence, no virtual machine. I've hidden its stuck window so it isn't showing anywhere. It only shows in Control Center with a PLAY button, but clicking it does nothing, and like I've said, right clicking it and picking REMOVE gets me a message that I don't have permission to remove it.
 
Hi, you can try to right click on VM in Control Center -> choose show in finder -> then right click on the file -> choose "Get info" and change the permissions.
If it's possible, of course.
 
When I right click it, there's a small box with Remove in it, nothing else. And when I click Remove it tells me I don't have permission, that's it.

There MUST be a way to remove this, but it doesn't seem to be causing any issues.
 
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This is what it looks like, right clicking only gets Remove and clicking Remove gets me the window telling me I don't have permission to remove it.
 
Hi, did you remove it eventually? I have the same issue. No PVM file, the remove option is not visible, can't throw it away. Can't right click on it...
 
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