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This worked for me



vim-cmd /vmsvc/getallvms to list all registered VMs

get the ID of the VM you removed the files for (the first column of output). Mine said invalid vm skipped but showed the ID

vim-cmd /vmsvc/unregister <id> to unregister that VM.

Select the check box of the one "you want to delete" and a "powered on VM" select Actions on top, it should be something you can finally select now. Now select unregister it will notify you that both vms will be removed. But actually only the one vm (or path of that vm\.vmx at the end of the naming convention) you want will be removed because it is powered off. Let me know if this works for you. Or to be safe stand up a test VM and leave it powered on as your second VM. Good luck, let me know if this works for you.

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This worked for me



vim-cmd /vmsvc/getallvms to list all registered VMs

get the ID of the VM you removed the files for (the first column of output). Mine said invalid vm skipped but showed the ID

vim-cmd /vmsvc/unregister <id> to unregister that VM.

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Select the check box of the one "you want to delete" and a "powered on VM" select Actions on top, it should be something you can finally select now. Now select unregister it will notify you that both vms will be removed. But actually only the one vm (or path of that vm\.vmx at the end of the naming convention) you want will be removed because it is powered off. Let me know if this works for you. Or to be safe stand up a test VM and leave it powered on as your second VM. Good luck, let me know if this works for you.