Trouble Upgrading Fox Go Server Under Parallels Desktop

I am publishing this blog post specifically to ask for help. I have provided a link to this on the Go Facebook Group.

I installed Parallels Desktop so I could use the Fox Go Server on my MacBook Pro. I have been playing on the Fox Go Server for a couple of months now with mixed results.

The first problem I experienced was the inability to download my games. At first I was able to download games. Then, even if I could get my games list to open, I was unable to get a game to load so I could download it. I had to resort to asking friends to download my sgf files for me. This was a major annoyance because it meant that I was unable to review my losses in a timely fashion. I also felt as if I was inconveniencing my friends.

The next problem is that when it became necessary to upgrade the Fox server program I discovered that under Parallels the outdated Fox program could not download the updated version of the program.

There was a solution to this. I found that it was necessary to drag the old program to the trash and download the updated program from the internet and install it fresh. I was able to do this at least five times without a problem.

A friend pinned a link to the Fox Server download on a Discord server that we both use. So I was always able to find the download link when I needed it. That was really helpful.

Just recently, however, I ran into a new problem with updating.

I downloaded the new exe file and installed it. 

I chose "yes".

After downloading an updated Fox server exe file, and installing it, the program wanted to update. 

This made no sense because previously the new installed Fox Server programs did not need to update because they were recognized as the latest files. The fact that it was attempting to download was a big problem.

Clicking on "yes" starts an unending attempt at downloading.

I tried dragging the program to the trash and downloading multiple times, but each time I ended up in an endless download attempt after installing the new exe file.

I am hoping that the file on the web is still outdated, and that the new file will be uploaded there soon. That would explain the problem. However, if every new exe insists on downloading after installation I will never be able to play on Fox again under Parallels.

Does anyone know what is going on?

I am thinking I might need to buy a Windows machine exclusively to run Fox and Katrain.

Parallels is worthless to me if I can't run Fox under it.