VMware encryption library issue

Question

Recently because of a error my Windows unexpectingly restarted. I was using a virtual machine at that time, and after the restart the configuration file went missing (.vmx) I managed to rebuild this file using the vmware log.

After this, I wanted to start the machine again but it gives a error.

"Could not open virtual machine: /path/pc.vmx Encryption libraries problem."

I have used the Encryption function in vmware to encrypt the machine. At this point I cant find any answers to fix this problem, I have the decryption key etc.

Any help is appreciated!

Answer 1

Here is document from Workstation 11 Documentation Center. Hope it can help.

Remove Encryption from a Virtual Machine
You can remove encryption from a virtual machine.

Prerequisites

■ Power off the virtual machine.

■ Remove any sensitive information from the virtual machine.

Procedure

1 Select the virtual machine and select VM > Settings.

2 On the Options tab, select Encryption.

3 Click Remove Encryption.

4 Type the encryption password.

5 Click Remove Encryption.