Dock, Safari & Finder reset & files deleted after Parallels forced-quit

Folks, I'm running Parallels build 1966 on my MacBook Pro & last night I had to force-quit the application afetr it stopped responding. This morning I found the dock reset to default, Finder, Expose & Safari preferences reset & my Paralles virtual machine files (main & backup) deleted from my user/library folder.
My user account seems intact - bookmarks & passords still OK & I've tried running file salvage to recover the VM files but it doesn't recognise this file type. If this was a Wintel machine I'd suspect a virus but my Parallels VM files are protected with AVG.
I've not had to hack a Mac yet, so any clues for recovery before I assume everything is lost & start rebuilding from scratch?
Best
Keith..

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