Ditched Parallels, won't go away

Steedie · 2 Feb 2014 at 14:36

Hi all,

Got rid of Parallels, as although it was a nice idea, I never actually used it.

However, despite using "CleanApp" to remove it, it's still taunting me every time I right click on a video and use the context menu. Is there any way to completely get rid of it?

Thanks as always

bloodiedathame · 2 Feb 2014 at 19:34

You have to follow their specific uninstall instructions.

MagicBoy · 2 Feb 2014 at 19:39

Uninstall it!

Steedie · 3 Feb 2014 at 13:48

^ lol thanks! I think?

bloodiedathame, I looked at their specific instructions (which are incomplete)

But they do less than the CleanApp does so I didn't use them, and judging by a search on their forums, using their instructions leaves even more behind

bloodiedathame · 3 Feb 2014 at 15:21

Did you see this bit?

Note: Your Virtual machines will not be affected by this procedure - only Parallels Desktop application will be uninstalled. If you want to remove a Virtual Machine please check this article: KB 5029

lamboman · 3 Feb 2014 at 15:31

You could look at the User and System libraries and search for Parallels there, and delete any references you find, in addition to any official uninstallation methods.

Feek · 4 Feb 2014 at 13:57

If it's showing when you 'right click/open with' then you need to rebuild your launch services database. Onyx will do that for you or there's probably a terminal command that'll do it.

MagicBoy · 4 Feb 2014 at 14:14

This used to work on 10.8 :
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

Then restart...

Steedie · 4 Feb 2014 at 19:03

MagicBoy said:
This used to work on 10.8 :
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

Then restart...

That worked!! Thank you

EDIT - Bugger, no it didn't, came back after watching a couple of videos. Think I'm just going to do a clean install.

bloodiedathame · 4 Feb 2014 at 21:13

I'm sure I had to do something stupid like reinstall it in order to run the uninstaller.

Steedie · 5 Feb 2014 at 19:01

Finally found the culprit. The windows application folder was still hidden away in applications, only showed if I searched for it in finder. All fixed now.