mutipass:launch failed: Failed to resize instance image - error executing powershell command

Question

I always have the following error when I install a virtual machine

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• Resize-VHD -Path C:/WINDOWS/system32/config/systemprofile/AppData/Roa ...

•   + CategoryInfo          : ResourceBusy: (:) [Resize-VHD], VirtualizationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ObjectInUse,Microsoft.Vhd.PowerShell.Cmdlets.ResizeVhd
  

Answer 1

You have to add the HyperV module to powershell in "Turn Windows features on or off", if you don't check this the checkbox, "Resize-VHD" won't work and will fail the multipass launch.

The direct command is:

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-Management-PowerShell

Answer 2

Background

In my case, I changed the location of my multipass instance locations by following this post here. I then created a folder on my drive where I wanted the instances to be stored.

After doing so, multipass launch failed with your exact same error. After trying reboots, uninstall/reinstall multipass, etc. - I finally tried renaming the folder where I wanted to store my multipass instances, and this worked.

Apparently, if your destination multipass folder includes a space, some part of the script fails.

Workaround / Fix

When specifying a multipass instance destination: MULTIPASS_STORAGE -Value "<path>"

Make sure there are NO SPACES in the "<path>" you have provided.

Hope this helps.