VMWare Workstation VM not starting because of locked portion of file

Question

I am receiving the message:

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

Cannot open the disk 'C:\Users\t825665\VM's\VPC\Windows 10 x64.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

Module 'Disk' power on failed.

Failed to start the virtual machine.

So the virtual machine is not starting anymore, how to fix that?

score 47 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '19 at 02:41

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I just found the solution for this issue. I created a backup and moved the 'lck' files from my VM's directory (*.lck), removing them from the VM's directory. Then just restarted the virtual machine.

answered Mar 08 '19 at 02:41

rod.dinis

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It is unnessary to do backup if it is 80 GB VM. Maybe only backup `.lck` files before delete them – alper Jun 20 '20 at 01:09
I only remove the folder end with lck and its work – Muhammad Usama Alam May 30 '21 at 18:25
Vmware ask to you "are you copied or moved your files ? " when first boot after delete *.lck folder. I click "i copied" button. Then i using virtual machine without any problem. – Talha Çelik Nov 02 '21 at 13:34

score 16 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 20 '19 at 15:47

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To solve this error, please go to virtual O's directory and delete every thing with an ".lck" extension.

edited Sep 20 '19 at 15:47

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answered Sep 20 '19 at 15:39

AliReza

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Any way to script this? My thought is something like if the IP address of the virtual doesn't ping, delete all references to files and folders with the .lck extension. – John Feb 16 '20 at 14:56

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered May 14 '20 at 18:40

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removing folders with an extension of lck solved the issue for me

answered May 14 '20 at 18:40

user13543779

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Perfect answer! – JAN Sep 16 '21 at 04:41

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 26 '19 at 19:43

I run the batch file below to delete all temporary files , locks, directories and memory files in the VMWare Working Directory (i.e. Settings/Options/Working Directory). It's got me out of many a jam. You will lose any unsaved work that was in VMWare suspended memory so backup before using if you're not sure. It will reboot the image as if it was shutdown.

--------------------------Clean.bat ----------------

@echo off

REM  - Delete all directories in Working Directory
set dr=%cd%
set ex=\*
set "dr=%dr%%ex%"
for /d %%a in ("%dr%") do rd "%%a" /q /s  

REM - Delete files in Working Directory
del *.log
del *.vmem
del *.vmss
del *.nvram
del *.vmx~
pause

Doing a version of this let me force power down a suspended virtual machine. I just went to the VM directory and did the del commands for *.log, *.vmem, etc. — Mike Kelly, Aug 11 '21 at 00:20

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 30 '21 at 15:57

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Workstation shut down, delete any *.lck files and folders in the VM folder. Then reopen the Workstation, load the VM, and power on.

answered Nov 30 '21 at 15:57

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 13 '23 at 08:27

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For me, it helped, that I started the VM with admin privileges.

answered Apr 13 '23 at 08:27

Toni Pečečnik

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VMWare Workstation VM not starting because of locked portion of file

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