VMware don't power on. "Failed to connect pipe to virtual machine: All pipe instances are busy."

[Bailin Chen]

Hello,

I am currently running VMware 14.1.1 on my host computer which runs Window 10.  I am new to this VM stuff.

Recently I tried to copy a folder from host to VM terminal by drag & drop and ctrl+c & ctrl+v.  It appears not working.  It appears causing VM not responding. So I used laptop power button to shut down everything.  Luckily I was able to turn on VM again first time. But at the second time I can't power on VM.  It shows me an error message. It says "Failed to connect pipe to virtual machine: All pipe instances are busy."

I have searched online, tried couple of things such as stopped VM processes and then deleted lock files. Nothing worked. Anyone run across this problem before? Any suggestions as to what I can/should do before uninstalling/re-installing VMware? If I need to provide more info, let me know and I will do the best that I can.

Thanks,

B. Chen

[StephenMoll]

Looks like  this is a query about "Workstation Pro" desktop hypervisor.

You're more likely to get help from the "Desktop Hypervisors - Workstation" community : https://community.broadcom.com/communities/communityhomeblogs?CommunityKey=fb707ac3-9412-4fad-b7af-018f5da56d9f

The version you mention is quite old, version 17.6 being available now, an is free to download to use for anyone.

Sorry I can't help you with your specific problem. Desktop to desktop copying is not permitted in our environments, so would be deliberately disabled if it was possible.

[Bailin Chen]

Thanks. Do I need to post this request in that the "Desktop Hypervisors - Workstation" community again? Can they see this post?

Thanks for your time.