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Event ID 16300 — Virtual Machine Configuration File

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.

By default virtual machine configuration files are at %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines.

Event Details

Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 16300
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-VMMS
Version: 6.0
Symbolic Name: MSVM_VMMS_VM_CONFIGURATION_ERROR
Message: Cannot load a virtual machine configuration: %3 (%4) (Virtual machine ID %2)

Resolve

Check virtual machine configuration

Ensure that the virtual machine configuration file is set with the right parameters. Additionally, ensure that the configuration file has the right permissions set so that the VMMS service can access it. Then, retry the operation that failed.

By default virtual machine configuration files are at %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines.

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