So I have Parallels 8, virtualising a Boot Camp installation of Windows.
On the Mac side, the Open With options keep including Windows programs that I never want to use.
I have done the obvious thing, set Configure, Security, Integration to Isolate Mac from Windows but this does not help.
Is there any way of ensuring that Windows programs are not offered to me when opening a Mac item?
PS Hansaplast's suggestion of removing Parallels completely did not work for me. Even after doing so, the Windows programs remained in the Mac's Open With menu.
(Later) I seem to have solved the problem for my installation, and this might help others.
I normally run in a standard (non-admin) account. Whether through action of my own that I had forgotten or through the way Parallels installed itself, I had a Parallels virtual machine in my admin account also, and there were Windows programs in Applications (Parallels) there, though not in my standard account. Isolating Windows from Mac in my admin account and also adding the Applications (Parallels) to the Spotlight privacy list cleared the unwanted items. I probably did not need to take both steps.
Last edited: Jun 25, 2014