Removing Parallels Tools
Parallels Tools can be removed through a general procedure of removing applications from the operating system installed in your virtual machine.
Removing from a Windows guest OS
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Start the virtual machine and log in to the guest OS.
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From the Windows
Start
menu, choose
Control Panel
>
Add or Remove Programs
. In Windows Vista, choose
Control Panel
>
Programs and Features.
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Select Parallels Tools in the list and click
Remove
.
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When Parallels Tools are removed, restart the guest operating system.
Removing from a Linux guest OS
Perform the following actions before removing Parallels Tools:
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Close all applications in the guest operating system.
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Disable the 3D accelerated window manager if you use any.
To remove Parallels Tools:
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Start the virtual machine.
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To remove Parallels Tools, you should connect and mount the
prl-tools-lin.iso
image and launch Parallels Tools Installer. See
Installing Parallels Tools in a Linux Guest OS
for detailed information how you can do it.
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Follow the Parallels Tools Installer instructions. When prompted to choose the action to perform, select
Remove
and press Enter.
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When Parallels Tools are successfully removed, press Enter to close the window.
Removing from Mac OS X Server Leopard
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Start the virtual machine, and log in to the guest OS.
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To remove Parallels Tools, you should connect and mount the
prl-tools-mac.iso
image and launch Parallels Tools Installer. See
Installing Parallels Tools in Mac OS X
for detailed information how you can do it.
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Open the mounted image of the disc and double-click the
Uninstall Parallels Tools
icon to start the uninstallation.
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In the
Welcome
window, click
Uninstall
. Enter the password when prompted.
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In the
Uninstallation
window, you can see the process of Parallels Tools being removed from your virtual machine.
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In the
Uninstallation Completed
window, click
Restart
to finish the uninstallation and quit the assistant.
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