Cant open my Parallels virtual machine

I do not understand, all of a sudden my Parallels VM is non responsive. I didnt download Mavericks so I could use my Parallels. Any ideas how to get it back? It is desktop 7 Parallels and Windows 7. My OS is Mountain Lion.

Thank you for your response. I was so silly, I should have rebooted after sending screen shot to Apple, and force quitting the program.
DUH... Pays to read... Thanks again.

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