Take Virtual Machine ownership Vmware workstation

vmware-workstation

I have restarted my host OS without turning off VM.

Now when the system has restarted then i am not able to power on the VM as it says that VM is already in use. WHen i click take ownership then it says that VM is being used can't take ownership

What to do

Best Answer

Guessing Lock files were left. Remove .lck files that pertain to your vm. Same directory as the .vmdk for the VM you're trying to use.