Move VM to a different OSX user account

[LingoJango]

I just installed Parallels a couple of days ago. I made the mistake of installing a Windows 7 VM in my administrator account instead of my main user account. Now Windows seems to have restricted access to my working files. Is it possible to move the VM to a different user or will I have to create a new VM and reinstall Win7? If I need to reinstall, will I have activation trouble in Windows?

New to the Mac and to Parallels. Even new to Win7.

 

[Tony Carreon]

you shouldn't have an issue. copy the vm to a shared location, then in the new mac account you want to use, make sure your user has permissions to use the file.

control+click on the windows vm from finder, select "Get info", expand "Sharing & Permissions" and make sure your account has read & write permissions.

 

[LingoJango]

Thanks, that was helpful. Still, I'm encountering a lot of weirdness.

I'm having trouble adjusting to the fact that my Mac username as displayed when I log on ("Lingo Jango", as it were) is not the same name I see displayed next to my home button ("Lingojango").

Let's call my admin user "Lingo Jango Admin" aka Lingojangoadmin.

This is where it gets interesting. I'm able to access my Lingojango files in Windows - but they're displayed under a branch called Lingojangoadmin!

And in the properties window, there were TWO users listed as Lingojangoadmin (with permissions pending). I have now added Lingojango (but I had to select "Lingo Jango" when I pressed "+"). Can you point me to a primer on Mac user names? And BTW, should I also be running Windows as a non-admin?

(I'm fairly tech-savvy but I find it exhausting to keep up.)

 

[Tony Carreon]

one is the "short name" (lingojangoadmin) and one is the account name (Lingo Jango Admin).

i run 100% of the time as admin (have since 2004). no issues. no desire to have an "admin" user and a non-admin user. even as an admin i still have to enter a password to perform tasks that would change system settings / files, etc.

that said, my suggestion is to run repair disk permissions. that might clear up some of your problems.

restart and hold down the option key immediately after you hear the "bong". you will be shown a boot loader screen. select the recovery partition. run disk utility and on the hard drive run repair disk permissions. (you can verify first if you desire, but that does not repair or make any changes)

 

[JinkyC]

I just installed Parallels a couple of days ago. I made the mistake of installing a Windows 7 VM in my administrator account instead of my main user account. Now Windows seems to have restricted access to my working files. Is it possible to move the VM to a different user or will I have to create a new VM and reinstall Win7? If I need to reinstall, will I have activation trouble in Windows?

New to the Mac and to Parallels. Even new to Win7.

Hi LingoJango,

I think this article should help. Please check http://kb.parallels.com/en/9303