Shared Applications Problem - Need Help Please

Hi there,

I am not able to access any of my Mac applications under Windows even though everything is enabled that should be in he Shared Applications area. I have found a few documents regarding this issue in the knowledge base but I still have a problem. I have removed the associations, shut down Windows, restarted the Mac, re-enabled, gone through the whole process, all to no avail.

So. Basically, my Parallels Shared Applications does not show up in the START menu. Even though I have set everything up so that Parallels uses both the Mac and Windows apps I am still only seeing the Windows apps, nothing at all on the Mac side. This is a major problem as I need to access Office on the Mac side. I can use the Open With feature but that still doesn't work on some applications (like Adobe Reader). I am not able to find the application from within Windows when searching the drives on the Mac area.

I really need to solve this problem so, please, any help much appreciated. I am using Windows XP SP3 on Leopard 10.5.6 with Parallels 5626 (November 2008). Guidance on how to proceed, what needs to be done, would be very beneficial.

Thank you.