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Windows 10 update issues cannot force shut down

Regarding some Windows update issues which is stuck at installing 100% ,, before in Fusion 8.x, (not recommend), but the user could do a "forced" shutdown..

How do you do this in Fusion 10.x ?  I go to Virtual Machine menu >> Shutdown, but all that does is the same as Start menu Shutdown.. (which shuts window down as normal)

You can't close VM, as the user gets the error "Windows 10 VM is busy"

So what can i do now?

The problem is Windows update service is stuck at "stopping" so i wish to force a restart. Can't can no longer do that in Fusion 10.x

Any suggestions?

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TECH198
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Found a partial solution:  Activity monitor on Mac, "Quit" process vmware-vmx

Not really effective solution, but it works..

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Mikero
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Community Manager

Menu Bar > Virtual Machine > hold 'Option' > click 'Power Off'

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Michael Roy - Product Marketing Engineer: VCF
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