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mariejosv
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Vmware workstation not opening my VM that i created some few minutes back.

Everytime I create a VM with workstation or Player, the next day when open my VmwareWorstation, here is what i see. (my system is a windows 10, and my vmware workstation is the latest update and it is licensed.

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and if i select "Take Ownership" it will show me the following screen, and If i do remove, i lose my VMs. It took me at least 3 hours everyday to build these VMs and configure them, but the next day they are not usable. Is this a known problem?...Please Help.

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Thanks

Joe

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vijayrana968
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Please follow steps:

1. Close VMware Workstation.

2. Delete any .lck or .lock files and/or folders you see, in the directory of this VM.

3. Run VMWare Workstation.

4. Start the VM.

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mariejosv
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The is no file with such extension in my VMs machines folders. I saw some .log files, the rest are normal .vmdk, vmsd, vmfs etc..

thanks

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