"USB Device Cannot be Connected"

[Maria@Parallels]

Hi @Maria@Parallels - i've taken screenshots of both menus. Can you let me know what you'd like to see in more detail?
As you can see there are two in my macbook settings and you can start to see the long list of others in the parallels window. View attachment 17275 View attachment 17276

Thank you for your reply.
Could you check the same issue with the latest Parallels Desktop update 16.1.3 please?

 

[AndrewL29]

Hi @Maria@Parallels,
Thank you for supporting this issue. The pop-ups are incessant. Even when my VM isn't in the active window, I get the bouncing icons in the doc when the error pops up. I've uploaded screenshots of my printers from both sides for your reference. Thank you.

 

[AndrewL29]

Hi @Maria@Parallels,
Thank you for supporting this issue. The pop-ups are incessant. Even when my VM isn't in the active window, I get the bouncing icons in the doc when the error pops up. I've uploaded screenshots of my printers from both sides for your reference. Thank you. View attachment 17365 View attachment 17366

By the way, is this fix related? https://kb.parallels.com/en/113749

 

[SimonB21]

By the way, is this fix related? https://kb.parallels.com/en/113749

Hi AndrewL29 - I think I have solved this.

In the dock, right click the icon and go to Control Center -> click the cog on the small pop up that emerges -> hardware menu -> shared printers -> uncheck the box for sharing printers.

boom

 

[AndrewL29]

Thank you, SimonB21. I followed your steps and then immediately got the error afterward. HOWEVER, I haven't seen the error since. I'll monitor and see how it goes. Strangely, even with printer sharing switched off, I can access my Mac printers ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[SimonB21]

Thank you, SimonB21. I followed your steps and then immediately got the error afterward. HOWEVER, I haven't seen the error since. I'll monitor and see how it goes. Strangely, even with printer sharing switched off, I can access my Mac printers ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Good luck! I only use parallels for playing a game through Steam (you can imagine how off-putting this pop up is for that!!) and when playing yesterday it didn't do this once so I am hopeful it has solved the issue.

 

[AndrewL29]

It's been a few days and I havent seen those popups at all. Thanks Simon!

 

[MarshallB1]

I have had the same issue for years. Every few seconds, I get this message:
There are no virtual USB host controller ports available in "Windows 10" for the "Virtual Printer ([printer name])" device to be connected.
Can someone please help with this