Uninstalled Parallels but it left bad shortcuts everywhere!

[majordude]

Help!

I installed Parallels 5 and didn't like it. So I uninstalled it.

But now, when I click on a Flash file, for example, my Mac wants to load Internet Explorer from my Boot Camp which it obviously can't do. And when I look at the options, I can see the default program is IE and there is a Parallels generated icon on it!!! Grrr!

How do I delete ALL the ^%$@ fingerprints Parallels left behind and reset my Mac links?

 

[spillproof]

Does this work?

Right click > Open With > Other ... > Select App you want > Always Open With check box > Open

 

[majordude]

Does this work?

Right click > Open With > Other ... > Select App you want > Always Open With check box > Open

Nope.

 

[SavMBP15]

I installed Parallels 5 and didn't like it. So I uninstalled it.

Out of curiosity why did you not like it? I've been running it for a couple months and it works great for me.

Granted I just wanted it so I did not have to buy Quicken or MS Office for the mac, plus to use IE every now and then for webpages that will not work in Firefox or Safari.

Matt

 

[spillproof]

Nope.

I'm sorry

 

[alienapp]

Here's what you need to do.

Open Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal and copy/paste the following commands one-by-one there (hit Return after each of them).

IMPORTANT! Check that you insert commands accurately, otherwise Mac OS might be corrupted:

cd /Library/StartupItems/
sudo rm -rf Parallels
cd /Applications
sudo rm -rf Parallels
cd /System/Library/Extensions/
sudo rm -rf vmmain.kext
sudo rm -rf hypervisor.kext
sudo rm -rf Pvsvnic.kext
sudo rm -rf ConnectUSB.kext
sudo rm -rf Pvsnet.kext

After pasting the second command and hitting Return you will be asked about your Mac password. Please, enter it (note, you won't see it when typing). It is normal, if commands will result in "No such file or dir" output - it means that the uninstaller has already removed the files listed.

Restart your Mac computer.

Hope that helps

 

[uyhoang]

My issue is that Parallels left behind links that come up in Spotlight and Launchpad. I did all the Terminal commands but they're still there. Any ideas?

 

[Victor Star]

http://kb.parallels.com/en/6904

 

[majordude]

Moral of story, don't use Parallels, get VMware Fusion.

P.S. You guys re-opened a year and a half old thread?!

 

[GGJstudios]

My issue is that Parallels left behind links that come up in Spotlight and Launchpad. I did all the Terminal commands but they're still there. Any ideas?

The most effective method for complete app removal is manual deletion:

Best way to FULLY DELETE a program​

Moral of story, don't use Parallels, get VMware Fusion.

Or, use a more effective method of app removal.

 

[majordude]

Or, use a more effective method of app removal.

Parallels is like a Windows application. You uninstall it but it leaves footprints EVERYWHERE. You can't just drag it to the trash, you can't just use the uninstall, you have to go to their support page and run 20 lines of code to delete it.

It made my Homer Simpson Revenge list.

I actually used SuperDuper! on a Mac system and backed up my system to a portable HD. Did a clean install of Mac OS and plugged in the clone drive to grab some files. Parallels jumped from the HD to my new install and changed icons and associations. It's a parasite. A virus. NEVER AGAIN.

 

[GGJstudios]

You can't just drag it to the trash, you can't just use the uninstall, you have to go to their support page and run 20 lines of code to delete it.

Have you tried removing it using the method I posted? Many have successfully done so.

 

[majordude]

Have you tried removing it using the method I posted? Many have successfully done so.

Uh, you and yours resurrected an 18+ month thread (thanks, BTW). I am waaay beyond "removing". I formatted the drive, erased it 3 times and never re-connected any drive that ever brushed up agains the social disease named Parallels.

 

[GGJstudios]

Uh, you resurrected an 18+ month thread.

Uh, no, I didn't. Read the thread. There are 3 posts today before I posted, including one from you. I was initially replying to them, not to you. The fact is, you can successfully remove Parallels using the method I posted, whether you elect to do so or not. Others who read this thread will find that useful, even if you don't.