topic Unable to start the VM from VMwork station in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Unable-to-start-the-VM-from-VMwork-station/m-p/2825630#M168460 <P>Hi Team,</P><P>I tried to start one of the VM in the VMware workstation which through the below error message</P><P>"<STRONG>Unable to open file "D:\Vmware Workstation VM's\******\Commvault01.vmdk":</STRONG></P><P><STRONG>One of the disks in this virtual machine is already in use by a virtual machine or by a snapshot.</STRONG>"</P><P>Future I surfed in few blogs and most of them suggested to delete .lck folder and try. But No Luck. Please help me to resolve this issue.</P> Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:31:14 GMT umeshbalaji 2021-01-27T08:31:14Z Unable to start the VM from VMwork station https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Unable-to-start-the-VM-from-VMwork-station/m-p/2825630#M168460 <P>Hi Team,</P><P>I tried to start one of the VM in the VMware workstation which through the below error message</P><P>"<STRONG>Unable to open file "D:\Vmware Workstation VM's\******\Commvault01.vmdk":</STRONG></P><P><STRONG>One of the disks in this virtual machine is already in use by a virtual machine or by a snapshot.</STRONG>"</P><P>Future I surfed in few blogs and most of them suggested to delete .lck folder and try. But No Luck. Please help me to resolve this issue.</P> Wed, 27 Jan 2021 08:31:14 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Unable-to-start-the-VM-from-VMwork-station/m-p/2825630#M168460 umeshbalaji 2021-01-27T08:31:14Z Re: Unable to start the VM from VMwork station https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Unable-to-start-the-VM-from-VMwork-station/m-p/2825639#M168461 <P><a href="https://communities.vmware.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5463243">@umeshbalaji</a>&nbsp;</P> <P>Moderator: Moved to <STRONG>Workstation Pro Discussions</STRONG> (though you may be using Workstation Player) - not a vSphere matter. It will also help others to help you if you give your Workstation version, and any clues as to whether the VM has ever worked.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 27 Jan 2021 09:19:51 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Unable-to-start-the-VM-from-VMwork-station/m-p/2825639#M168461 scott28tt 2021-01-27T09:19:51Z