Migrating from Mac with Parallel 7 to New Mac with Parallel 8 (Please help)

[DritanS]

Okay so I had a macbook air with 10.8 and parallels 7. I went to parallels 8 with 10.8. I used time machine to backup and restore everything. I selected the .pvm and had to run the sudo command to uninstall 7. It would not open the VM since it recognized the old install. Great everything worked and I found all the files I had been looking for.

SMALL PROBLEM:
I have shortcuts (it seems its only the shortcuts that are doing this) on my windows desktop that go to specific folders. EX: "\\psf\Home\Box Documents\New Folder - Monthly"
I also have a GoToMeeting shortcut that does the same thing. I have folders that open up fine on my desktop.

When I click this folder in desktop mode in windows it opens.
When I click it on the mac side both on desktop and coherence, it tells me:
The "Windows Explorer" application cannot be started.
The application is installed in a virtual machine that cannot be located. Make sure that the virtual machine hasn't been deleted or moved to another location.

Please tell me there is a fix for this.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Erbinc]

This sounds like a lot of hassle, and I am contemplating a similar procedure. I wonder if one could circumvent the problem you are having by just getting a new copy of Parallels 8? But if you do that, my question is whether the Windows OS and programs would migrate. Any thoughts?

 

[MariyaA]

Hello,

Seems like you need to change the association on the Mac side - right-click on the shortcut->choose Get Info -> in the Open With section change the app to the Windows Explorer from the current virtual machine (should be found in /Users/<your_home_folder>/'Applications (Parallels)' folder)