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I recently rebooted my computer and when I tried to reopen my virtual Windows 10, I found out that it is not working and the following error appearing:

Unable to open file "E:\w10\Windows 10.vmdk" The system cannot find the file specified.

These are all the files in Windows 10 folder:

Also, No information is available about the hard disk of this virtual windows as shown below:

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this is another pic for the files with more details: enter image description here

and these are the errors errors error The properties of the files are as follows: properties 1 properties 2 properties 3 properties 4 Is there any way to fix this issue?

Thanks for your help.

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    Could you tweak File Explorer to show file extensions? Also, what are the file properties of Windows 10.vmdk? Is it perhaps a shortcut or something?
    – Barry Carter
    Commented Jul 13, 2022 at 14:54
  • @barrycarter hi, thanks for your response, I edited my question. Now you can see more details. I didn't change anything and I didn't add any shortcuts.
    – Hamed Peyrovedin
    Commented Jul 13, 2022 at 15:59
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    When you say These are all the files in Windows 10 folder you mean the w10 folder, right?
    – Barry Carter
    Commented Jul 13, 2022 at 16:03
  • @barrycarter yes exactly
    – Hamed Peyrovedin
    Commented Jul 13, 2022 at 16:40
  • For all the files named Windows 10, could you "see properties" and give me the actual extensions (not the file types). Obviously, one of them should be .vmdk. I did notice a 0-byte Windows 10 file, but that appears to be snapshots, so it might be ok that file is empty. You can also go to a DOS prompt and do dir if it's easier
    – Barry Carter
    Commented Jul 14, 2022 at 14:12

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I see the issue. You opened/ran VMWare with or without Admin privs and the file needs those privs to be opened. I can tell from the one Error linked pic you have, the Add button at the bottom should not have that Admin symbol on it. So it is a permissions issue and you probably just have to Run As Administrator right-click option when you run VMWare.

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  • Thank you very much for your quick response but unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem and the problem is still here :(
    – Hamed Peyrovedin
    Commented Jul 13, 2022 at 16:51
  • Is the E:\ Drive a Main. internal drive?
    – InjectedScript
    Commented Jul 13, 2022 at 19:16
  • E:\ is the internal drive but my main Windows is installed on drive C:\.
    – Hamed Peyrovedin
    Commented Jul 14, 2022 at 7:47
  • I am slightly confused. You mean E:\ is AN internal drive, but C:\ is your main? Did you ever move/copy & paste the files?
    – InjectedScript
    Commented Jul 14, 2022 at 15:55
  • since it is a virtual windows, I didn't install it on drive C. I didn't move or copy/paste any file.
    – Hamed Peyrovedin
    Commented Jul 15, 2022 at 5:57

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