Parallels Tools

A way to uninstall Parallels Tools from your PC

Parallels Tools is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is developed by Parallels International GmbH. Open here for more info on Parallels International GmbH. More details about Parallels Tools can be seen at www.parallels.com. Parallels Tools is usually set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools folder, depending on the user's decision. You can remove Parallels Tools by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{D7B49D7B-8B0D-4888-94CF-1DD0B957B15E}. Note that you might receive a notification for admin rights. prl_tools.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 353.13 KB (361608 bytes) on disk.

Parallels Tools installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 13.50 MB (14158872 bytes) on disk.

• prlhosttime.exe (30.13 KB)
• prl_cc.exe (197.13 KB)
• PTIAgent.exe (9.05 MB)
• prl_cat.exe (30.13 KB)
• prl_cpuusage.exe (153.13 KB)
• prl_nettool.exe (96.63 KB)
• prl_newsid.exe (53.63 KB)
• prl_snapshot.exe (28.63 KB)
• prl_userpasswd.exe (29.63 KB)
• prl_vshadow.exe (319.13 KB)
• sha_micro_app.exe (82.63 KB)
• pis_setup.exe (2.48 MB)
• prl_net_inst.exe (89.13 KB)
• coherence.exe (78.63 KB)
• prl_tools.exe (353.13 KB)
• prl_tools_service.exe (258.13 KB)
• coherence.exe (64.13 KB)
• mapi32.exe (46.13 KB)
• SharedIntApp.exe (102.13 KB)

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The current page applies to Parallels Tools version 14.1.3.45485 alone. You can find below info on other releases of Parallels Tools:

• 17.0.1.51482
• 15.1.2.47123
• 12.1.0.41489
• 12.2.1.41615
• 1.4.0.19800
• 1.7.2.23531
• 17.1.5.51577
• 15.1.0.47107
• 17.1.1.51537
• 1.3.3.19752
• 13.0.1.42947
• 16.5.0.49183
• 1.5.0.20116
• 17.1.7.51588
• 1.6.0.21086
• 16.0.1.48919
• 17.1.3.51565
• 14.0.1.45154
• 1.3.0.19714
• 16.1.1.49141
• 13.3.2.43368
• 14.1.2.45479
• 13.1.0.43108
• 17.0.0.51461
• 14.0.0.45124
• 13.3.0.43321
• 13.1.1.43120
• 12.1.2.41525
• 16.0.0.48916
• 12.2.0.41591
• 16.1.2.49151
• 13.3.1.43365
• 13.0.0.42936
• 1.6.1.21141
• 12.1.3.41532
• 13.2.0.43213
• 12.1.1.41491
• 15.0.0.46967
• 15.1.4.47270
• 15.1.3.47255
• 17.1.2.51548
• 1.7.3.23546
• 14.1.1.45476
• 14.1.0.45387
• 15.1.5.47309
• 16.1.3.49160
• 15.1.1.47117
• 17.1.6.51584
• 17.1.0.51516
• 17.1.4.51567
• 16.1.0.48950

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If you are manually uninstalling Parallels Tools we recommend you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Parallels Tools:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Applications\Parallels Internet Security\pis_setup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Applications\prl_cat.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Applications\prl_cpuusage.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Applications\prl_nettool.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Applications\prl_newsid.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Applications\prl_snapshot.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Applications\prl_userpasswd.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Applications\prl_vshadow.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Applications\sha_micro_app.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\DevTools\VMDebugHelper.vsix
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_boot\amd64\prl_boot.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_boot\prl_boot.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_boot\prl_boot_x64.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_dd\amd64\prl_gldd.dl6
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_dd\amd64\prl_kmdd.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_dd\amd64\prl_umdd.dl6
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_dd\amd64\prl_umdd10.dl6
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_dd\i386\prl_gldd.dl3
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_dd\i386\prl_umdd.dl3
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_dd\i386\prl_umdd10.dl3
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_dd\prl_dd.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_dd\prl_dd_x64.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_eth5\amd64\prl_eth5.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_eth5\prl_eth5.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_eth5\prl_eth5_x64.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_fs\amd64\prl_fs.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_fs\amd64\prl_np.dl6
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_fs\i386\prl_np.dl3
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_fs\prl_fs.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_fs\prl_fs_x64.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_location\amd64\prl_location.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_location\prl_location.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_location\prl_location_x64.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_memdev\amd64\prl_memdev.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_memdev\prl_memdev.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_memdev\prl_memdev_x64.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_mouf\amd64\prl_mouf.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_mouf\prl_mouf.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_mouf\prl_mouf_x64.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_net_inst.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_net_install.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_shprint\prl_shprint.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_shprint\prl_shprint_x64.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_shprint\prl_shprint_x86.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_shprint\prlprint.ppd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_sound\amd64\prl_sound.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_sound\prl_sound.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_sound\prl_sound_x64.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_strg\amd64\prl_strg.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_strg\prl_strg.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_strg\prl_strg_x64.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_tg\amd64\prl_tg.sys
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_tg\prl_tg.inf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Drivers\prl_tg\prl_tg_x64.cat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\CookieTool.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\CopyPasteTool.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\DesktopUtilities.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\DragAndDrop.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\FileSharing.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\FullscreenMonitor.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\IEPlugin.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\LayoutSync.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\PrintingTool.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\SharedUserNameApps.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\SharedHostApps.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\SharedIntApp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\SharedProfile.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\ShellInt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\TouchBar.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Plugins\VSDebug.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\prl_cc.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\prl_uprof.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\prlhosttime.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\PTIAgent.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Services\coherence.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Services\install-provider.cmd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Services\Plugins\UserInputEmulation.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Services\prl_hook.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Services\prl_tools.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Services\prl_tools_service.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Services\prl_vss_provider.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Services\register_app.vbs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Services\uninstall-provider.cmd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Services\WoW\coherence.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\Services\WoW\prl_hook.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\ShellExtentions\PrlToolsShellExt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\ShellExtentions\SharedHostAppsShExt.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\ShellIntHook.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\SIA\mapi32.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\SIA\SharedIntApp.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\uninstall.bat
• C:\Windows\Installer\{D7B49D7B-8B0D-4888-94CF-1DD0B957B15E}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Parallels\Parallels Tools
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B7D94B7DD0B8888449FCD10D9B751BE5
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{D7B49D7B-8B0D-4888-94CF-1DD0B957B15E}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Parallels\Parallels Tools
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Parallels\Parallels Tools

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\SIA\SharedIntApp.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\SIA\SharedIntApp.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B7D94B7DD0B8888449FCD10D9B751BE5\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallels\Parallels Tools\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{D7B49D7B-8B0D-4888-94CF-1DD0B957B15E}\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Parallels Coherence Service\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Parallels Tools Service\ImagePath

How to uninstall Parallels Tools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Parallels Tools is a program by Parallels International GmbH. Frequently, users want to erase this program. This can be troublesome because uninstalling this by hand requires some experience related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK solution to erase Parallels Tools is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Parallels Tools or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Parallels Tools". The Parallels Tools program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select Parallels Tools in the list of apps, some information about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Parallels Tools, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Parallels Tools:

• The web site of the application is: www.parallels.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{D7B49D7B-8B0D-4888-94CF-1DD0B957B15E}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Parallels Tools.


8. After removing Parallels Tools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Parallels Tools that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Parallels Tools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall Parallels Tools by Parallels International GmbH from your PC, nor are we saying that Parallels Tools by Parallels International GmbH is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Parallels Tools supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.