run .exe on mac os?

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garenlee

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Hi,

b4 the I was a vmware fusion user. yesterday, i uninstalled it and downloaded the trial of parallel desktops 4.0.
Now, whenever i click any .exe file on mac, it says:"Vmware failed to launch".

Is there anyway I can link the exe up with parallel desktops?

Thx

Jay
 
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As I can see VmWare failed to remove file association correctly.
When Virtual machine is running, click Applications - Shared Windows Applications - Populate
After that check which is default application to open exe files. it should be windows explorer.app
 
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Hi John,

I tried to fix it myself b4 I read your reply.

On mac, when I right click and select open with... there are two windows explorers. one is windows explorer (5.9), other is another explorer which links to the vmware-failed dialogue box. I chose the 5.9 explorer as a default. the vmware failed dialogue has disappeared. but it switches to the windows window and does nothing whenever I clicked any exe files.

I have done what u suggested. populate the windows apps. problem still there.

anymore suggestions?

Thank you
 
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i used its own uninstall. and i used spotlight to find any files with the name vmware as well. but it seems i still couldnt get rid of it entirely.

ps: i found a bug. when i full screen parallel ad then "spaces" it to another virtual desktop. it doesn't fit into the new virtual screen.
 
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