Thursday 5 August 2021

The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file - VMware Workstation Pro 16

VMWare Workstation VM not starting because of locked portion of file


Today when i powered on my Windows 10 Virtual Machine had an error message on the screen 


he process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file

Cannot open the disk 'C:\Users\instructor\Documents\Virtual Machines\Win 10 x64.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.


Module 'Disk' power on failed.


Failed to start the virtual machine.



So how can we fix this error?


Its very simple. Shutdown the virtual Machine and go to the folder where you have saved the Virtual Machine files


Now delete all the .lck files and Folders 




After you deleted the files power on the virtual machine it will work normally. 




Click Yes and then you can see its working. 





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