this virtual machine cannot be started due to a critical error

[JustinW]

I am running osx 10.6.4 with Parallels 5. I updated to 5.0.9370 a couple of days ago. All of the sudden, I am getting this error.

Did the update corrupt my windows xp guest machine?

What can I do?

It says to Contact Parallels Support. I don't want to spend the money.

Thanks for your insight!

 

[joevt]

Was the old VM paused when you updated Parallels?

Try creating a new VM using the Hard disks of the old VM?

 

[JustinW]

I did try that. No luck. I have reinstalled parallels with the latest download, and it solved the problem. Mysterious....