ERROR Failed to get exclusive lock on the configuration file. Another VMware process might be running using the configuration file

Question

I have been using a virtual machine for a long time and have never had problems starting but now I have a problem:

Whenever I try to start it shows this error:

"Failed to get exclusive lock on the configuration file.  Another VMware process might be running using the configuration file."

If I click OK, the next message is:

"Error while powering on: Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to."

I tried to remove the vmx.lck folders, but that did not help.

I use windows operating system on local computer.

Someone can help me ?

Answer 1

Ok, remove everything except .vmx and .vmdk files and run the machine again. That should completely wipe out anything corrupted within the machine state. Make a backup to those files if you don't consider it safe. – azbarcea

The above comment from azbarcea is what worked for me. If you can't delete the files because it says they're in use, restart the machine, then delete the files. Also remember to delete the any folders with lck files