Could not open virtual machine: The virtual machine appears to be in use

linux ubuntu vmware-workstation ubuntu-15.10
user6127744 picture user6127744 · May 7, 2016 · Viewed 11.7k times · Source

I am trying to open ubuntu in vmware workstation 12. But there is a error 

Could not open virtual machine:
C:\Users\MANDEEP-THAKUR\Documents\Virtual Machines\Ubuntu 15.10\Ubuntu    15.10.vmx
The virtual machine appears to be in use.

here is the screenshot image of the error

when i delete the .lck extension folder from the vmware workstation folder and again starts the vmware workstation then there are again some errors those errors are showing below.

VMware Workstation cannot connect to the virtual machine. 
Make sure you have rights to run the program, access all directories the program uses, 
and access all directories for temporary files.
Failed to connect pipe to virtual machine: All pipe instances are busy.

here is the screenshot of this error.. enter image description here

please suggest me what to do. Thanks

Answer

Tolani picture Tolani · May 8, 2016

press Ctrl alt del, it opens the start manager... locate VM in service and end all process.. then open your VMware it up will work :)

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