Switching from Parallels to VM Fusion

I'm thinking about switching to VMware fusion but I'm worried I may loose all my files and programs installed on Parallels. Is there a way I can save them? What do I do? Thanks in advance.

Hi Thomas and welcome to Discussions,
VMWare Fusion includes a tool to import a Parallels VM http://vmwareelearning.blip.tv/file/1259426/
And btw. your files and programs are not installed in Parallels but in the Virtual Machine you made/used with Parallels.
Regards
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