How do I run parallels in the guest account

I recently updated my Mac Mini. On the old one I was running Parallels, and had the guest account set up to be able to run parallels just fine. I used Migration Assistant to transfer everything to the new Mac. Unfortunately, now my guest account can no longer run Parallels. When I try to run Parallels, a popup window comes on the screen saying "You don't have permission to use the application 'launcher.'" Even if I click "Always Allow", the next time I try to run it I get the same popup window warning. I tried following Parallels webpage advice in how to share a virtual machine with multiple users from their website: http://kb.parallels.com/en/9303, but that doesn't help whatsoever. So now I'm stuck. What am I doing wrong? I obviously had this working another time. I'm thinking that the problem seems to lie on the Mac side, rather than the Parallels side. Please help!

I have not encountered this specific problem, but I suspect the cure is to reinstall Parallels desktop. Parallels installs some functions deep in the OS and they are unlikely to be transferred using MIgration Assistant which intentionally seeks to protect the operating systemon the target Mac.

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