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Could not get snapshot information: Failed to lock the file. Module Snapshot power on failed.

I just tried to open a Win7 Enterprise VM in Fusion 4.0.2 (the VM had already been ugraded).  I repeatedly go the "Could not get snapshot information: Failed to lock the file. Module Snapshot power on failed." even after restarting VMWare Fusion. 

I resolved this by quitting Fusion and then right clicking on my virtual machine and selecting "Show Package Contents".  I then deleted the two folders called:

Windows 7.vmsd.lck
Windows 7.vmx.lck

(they contained files of the same name).

I also deleted the cache files, though I think that step was unnecessary.

After restarting VMWare, the machine launched fine.

I know this solution has previously been described (I believe for version 2), but since that is rather dated now, I thought this meritted repeating.

Michael

PS I am running Lion (10.7.2) and an aging Macbook Pro.

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