They yank out the underpinnings, without making sure that it’s truly unnecessary to have. Turns out that “garbage” won’t work without “goop”. Turns out that when you installed “garbage”, it also installed a copy of the helper API called “goop” (or it saw it was already there and skipped installing it).

What are you going to tell your boss? You look at the clock and realize you’re in trouble. But instead of being greeted by your typical screen, you get a huge box on the screen that explains in some cryptic nonsense that “garbage” failed to start. You have to get your work done within the hour. So tomorrow, you start your day and launch “garbage”. Now the program called “junk” is completely removed.īut, it turns out that you also have a program called “garbage” that you use every day. Now you decide to use “crash” to remove the program called “junk” and it removed all the files that junk installed including the helper API called “goop”. Perhaps the developer of “crash” actually took the time to create a database of every program in the world, and that database includes a list of every file and API that is installed by every program. And you used a third party application called “crash” to remove old titles you no longer used. The problem is that even if they actually programmed definitions for every individual software title, and what each software title added to the system, they are still prone to breaking something.įor example, let’s say a hypothetical program called “junk” installed helper API software called “goop”.

I couldn’t even begin to count the number of systems I’ve had to fix for people where the last thing they did was use a 3rd party utility to either clean their system or remove an application. To know how to remove a virtual machine from Parallels Desktop but to keep its files for future use, please read this blog post: How to Remove a VM…and Bring It Back Again.3rd party uninstallers have always been problematic on any platform. If you have already deleted Parallels Desktop from your Mac, see KB 117333 for instructions to locate the VM on your Mac and then move it to Trash. After moving the VM to Trash you might not be able to restore it. WARNING: The Move to Trash operation is irreversible.

Select Move to Trash, if you do not need any data from this virtual machine and want to erase it completely. The virtual machine will be removed from the list, but it will remain in its original location. Select Keep files if you wish to access the files from this virtual machine later. Right-click on your virtual machine and select Remove 'virtual machine name'. Launch Parallels Desktop.app, but do not start your virtual machine.Ĭlick on the Parallels icon on the Mac menu bar > select Control Center. To remove a virtual machine (VM) please follow these steps:

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