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This error is usually caused due to corruption of the virtual machine suspended state file. To resolve this error, you must remove the suspended state file. To the virtual machine, this is like turning off the power. Any unsaved changes are lost.

Note: These steps require you to make permanent, irreversible changes to your virtual machine. Before proceeding, you may want to backup your virtual machine. For more information, see Best practices for virtual machine backup (programs and data) in VMware Fusion (1013628).

To delete the suspended state file:

1. Locate your virtual machine bundle. For more information, see   Locating the virtual machine bundle in VMware Fusion (1007599)
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2. Quit Fusion if it is still open.
3. Control-click the virtual machine bundle and choose Show Package Contents.
4. Delete any files and folders that end in:
   
   
   • .nvram
   • .lck
   • .vmss


5. Open Fusion and start the virtual machine.
   

If the preceding steps do not resolve the issue, you must manually edit the virtual machine's .vmx file to ensure that it's not looking for the suspended state information:

1. Open your .vmx file for editing. For more information, see   Editing the .vmx file for your Fusion virtual machine (1014782)
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   Note: In Editing the .vmx file for your Fusion virtual machine (1014782), you can ignore Step 1. If the Finder window where you opened the virtual machine bundle is still open, you can ignore steps 1-4.
   
   
2. Find the line that starts with:
   
   checkpoint.vmState


3. Remove everything between the quotation marks so it looks like:
   
   checkpoint.vmState = ""


4. Save and close the .vmx file.