Continuous "Connection Failed" messages!

I had this happening before and it wasn't much of a big deal, but with the 3810 build today, now I'm getting it all the time.

Whenever I'm opening an app in XP, I get spinning beachball and this message in an OS X dialog box:

"Connection Failed: The server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and your network connection and try again."

This is now occurring twice, everytime I open a new app in Windows for the first time. I am behind my company's proxy server right now, but this has happened to me at home as well, though not as often since now updating to 3810. Why is PD trying to connect to a server every time I try to run an app and how can I stop this annoyance?

Thanks,
Steve

 

Is message coming up only on this Virtual machine?

 

I only have one VM.

Steve

 

Does nobody else have this problem?

Steve

 

Same problem

Yes, I have the same problem too. Could it be because we are sharing our desktops with the VM? I am using a Vista Ultimate VM.

 

Actually, it may be a problem, please try to disable Shared Profile and check

 

Please remove all aliases from desktop to remote servers

 

I have no shared profile and removing aliases did not fix the problem.

Does Parallels respond to tickets at all?

ticket #652746

No response at all, filed over a week ago.

Steve

 

Engineer replied, please reply to email

 

I have. But why does it take a week and a half to get any response at all?

Steve

 

Well, it took almost 2 weeks, but I think I now have closure:

http://kb.parallels.com/5951

For some reason, when you open apps in Parallels and have the shared home folder option enabled, it checks aliases to servers on your OS X desktop. If it can't connect to these servers (as was the case for me), you get the error. Simply putting the alias in a folder on the desktop fixes the problem.

Weird, but finally solved for anybody else who encounters this.

Steve