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Killerbob

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Hi,

I am getting this stupid error when I try to open up my Vista VM. The error is "Unable to open VM configuration file...". So, I thought, if there is something wrong with the VM, I'll just revert to a snapshot. However, I can't even get into Parallels. Everything time I try, it asks me to setup a new VM.

This is not what I want to do. Of course I want to start up Parallels, and then try to fix the existing VM.

What am I doing wrong?

KB
 
Please try steps bellow

You should either define the process locking the .pvs file and disable it, or you should create a new Virtual Machine with existing .hdd file.


Required steps:

1. To find out which process is locking the .pvs file open Terminal (Finder -> Applications -> Utilities) and run this command:

sudo lsof ~/Documents/Parallels/winxp/winxp.pvs

Disable the process locking the .pvs file.

2. To create a new VM do the following:


a. Start Parallels. In Parallels Desktop menu bar click File -> New.

b. Choose Custom mode of installation. On the next steps leave default settings.

c. On the fourth step choose "Use an existing hard disk image".

d. Browse to your .hdd file.
 
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