Start up Parallels VM with a desktop alias?

[JimG1]

In past versions of Parallels, I was able to make a desktop alias to my Parallels VM (e.g. Windows 7) and just double click the icon to run the Windows 7 VM on my Mac.

With Parallels 12, if I click on the Windows 7 desktop alias, it pops up the Parallels Control Center. If I double click the desktop icon again, it starts up the Windows 7 VM.

Is there any way I can just invoke the VM without having Control Center running/being invoked? I don't care to have Control Center run, I just want my VM to run. I also feel that having Control Center show a thumbnail of the live VM screen is just additional overhead on my Mac that I don't need or want. I'm a minimalist, I guess, and I also like to conserve my system resources the best I can.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Hemnath@Parallels]

Thank you for your patience, @edwardd20. Please navigate to Apple Icon -> System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility and ensure that Parallels Desktop is both included in the list under 'Allow the apps below to control your computer' and is checked. Also, please open 'Parentals Controls' in System Preferences and ensure that parental controls are not enabled for your user account. Please let me know if these changes help.

 

[TravisC2]

I'm not edwardd20, but I had the same problem when I upgraded to Parallels Desktop 13 (from a version prior to 12), and adding Parallels to the list of apps allowed to control my computer fixed the problem.

 

[PaulChristopher@Parallels]

I'm not edwardd20, but I had the same problem when I upgraded to Parallels Desktop 13 (from a version prior to 12), and adding Parallels to the list of apps allowed to control my computer fixed the problem.

That's great! @TravisC2 Feel free to reach out anytime. We are here to help! Thanks!

 

[Bachsau]

This is what I get when trying to start from an alias linked to the .app in my vm directory:

Launching it from the parallels control panel is working fine.

 

[Hemnath@Parallels]

This is what I get when trying to start from an alias linked to the .app in my vm directory:
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Launching it from the parallels control panel is working fine.

Hello Bachsau. Please remove the alias in question, create a new one and check for the issue with the new alias.

 

[Bachsau]

Hello Bachsau. Please remove the alias in question, create a new one and check for the issue with the new alias.

I already tried that. Changed nothing.

 

[Hemnath@Parallels]

I already tried that. Changed nothing.

Just to be clear, is the alias for an application within the virtual machine or for the virtual machine itself?

 

[Bachsau]

It points to the .app-package found inside the virtual machine package directory. That one, that gets highlighted in Finder when you right click the running virtual machine in the Dock, then choose "Show in Finder".

There aren't any links to the apllications inside at all, as I prefer to run my virtual machine in full screen and have disabled the application integration feature.

 

[Hemnath@Parallels]

.app-package found inside the virtual machine package directory.

Please share a screenshot of this ".app-package", just so we can be sure as to what exactly you're referring to.

 

[Bachsau]

 

[Hemnath@Parallels]

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Kindly create an alias for the virtual machine package itself (the file with the extension '.pvm'). Does this alias work?

 

[Bachsau]

Clicking that results in the Parallels Control Panel beeing launched, but not in the actual VM beeing started.

 

[Hemnath@Parallels]

Clicking that results in the Parallels Control Panel beeing launched, but not in the actual VM beeing started.

Alright. Please follow the steps I provided earlier in this thread, quoted below.

Please navigate to Apple Icon -> System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility and ensure that Parallels Desktop is both included in the list under 'Allow the apps below to control your computer' and is checked. Also, please open 'Parentals Controls' in System Preferences and ensure that parental controls are not enabled for your user account.

After performing these steps, check whether the alias you created for the .pvm file works now.

 

[Bachsau]

Already checked that. There's everything okay with these settings.

 

[Hemnath@Parallels]

Already checked that. There's everything okay with these settings.

Please reproduce this scenario...

Clicking that results in the Parallels Control Panel beeing launched, but not in the actual VM beeing started.

....generate a Problem Report ID (refer to http://kb.parallels.com/9058 for assistance) when the issue occurs (very important) and reply with the report ID number. We'll then investigate.