![]() I used poorly named folders for my VMs like an asshole, so I had to look at my VM’s “Virtual Machine Details” dropdown on it’s Workstation tab to see which directory it was in.Īfter getting into the correct directory for my Scrapebox VM, I looked for all the folders with. How I Fixed the “Failed to Lock the File” and “Module Disk Power on Failed” Errorsįirst thing to do is open up the directory where your virtual machine’s files are stored. When my computer’s power was cut off unexpectedly, the Lock Files weren’t automatically deleted as they are supposed to be when a VMware VM shuts down. lck files that must be deleted, which are “Lock Files” that are created while Virtual Machines are running so that the filesystem is only edited by the controlling Virtual Machine and not outside sources. I ended up on this VMware Community forum post and after a bit of reading I found the answer. Of course, the first thing I did was a search on google that lead to quite a few promising results. ![]() ![]() Hours later when the power was back and I turned on my computer, one of my virtual machines running on VMware Workstation 12 wouldn’t start and had an error that mentioned “Failed to Lock the File” and “Module Disk Power on Failed”. One of my testing/sandbox computers, that’s not running on a UPS, was unexpectedly powered off the other day when a falling tree branch in my neighborhood took out a power line. ![]()
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