But thankfully it saved me the entire of tedious work and I hope it works for you as well. Overall, I still not sure, what was the issue (might have to do with some important files getting corrupt) and how this workaround fixed this issue. You might have to log in to your browser and all the saved account once again, but that should be much of an issue, compared to what you just saw now. Restart the computer and this will fix the messed up icons. I don’t know how, but just after that, I was able to open all the apps again.Ĥ. However, in my case, I was not able to delete any folder except “hr”, and even that reappear once I delete it. I keep getting an error message: 'You cant open the application Parallels Desktop because it may be damaged or incomplete.' I looked into the applications 'show Contents' and there are no files in there. Now according to the original poster, you need to drag all the subfolders except the one named “zz” to the Trash. Don’t delete the subfolder named “zz”. You’ll be prompted for your administrator login credentials. I Can not run Parallels 12 for Mac after Install. A new folder will pop open, Inside that you’ll see several subfolders, each with a two-character name like ‘4v, hr, tv, zz‘ etc. Copy paste or manually type the following folder location.ģ. Click on the finder icon and then go to the top menu bar. The following workaround is just one solution that worked for me and some other people, there is no guarantee that it’ll work for you. Note: Before we begin, please back up all data to an external hard drive. Fixed: You can’t open the application because it may be damaged or incomplete
However, my experience was a little bit different from what he had written so, I decided to rewrite this issue.
And the best part is, it only takes 2 minutes to fix everything. I had a deadline.Īfter hours of Google search, I came across this answer on Apple forum by the user Linc Davis and surprising it worked.
PARALLELS FOR MAC WON'T OPEN BECAUSE IT'S INCOMPLETE OR DAMAGED SOFTWARE
Now, I usually like troubleshooting software problem but not today. After a bit of Google search, I came across this forum which recommends restarting the Mac to safe mode and doing all kind of geeky stuff. Now, I was not able to open any app even the system app was not working. The first thought was to restart the device, and when I did that, the thing went south. You can’t open the application ‘app name’ because it may be damaged or incomplete