VMware Fusion Ap won't open (not responding)

[mattyjames]

Hello.
Have been running VMware fusion on my intel mac for a long time, all good. Shut down the vm yesterday and it showed the usual black screen with white play triangle suggesting it had closed. I tried to then close fusion and it hung. I have restarted the mac and now when i try to open fusion the app hangs showing "(not responding)" and i have to force quit. I have looked inside the bundle and there is a .lck folder. I have tried deleting and restarting fusion but nothing changes. Can anyone suggest some help please? Many thanks, Matt

[mattyjames]

Update that may help anyone else in the same situation:

Deleting the .lck on its own and restarting fusion did not work on it's own. 

I fixed this issue as follows:

1. Uninstall fusion

2. IMPORTANT STEP - followed these instructions to remove all traces of fusion from mac: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1017838

3. Went into vm machine bundle and deleted the .lck folder

4. Reinstalled Fusion

5. Manually opened the vm by double clicking on it, which then automatically opened fusion and the vm started as usual.

Phew.