We also have a simple guide on how to kill a stuck VM on VMWare ESXi. Copy the GUID that is specified in the name of the VM configuration file with the *.vmcx extension. Open this directory in File Explorer and find the folder with the name of your stuck virtual machine.
The Server section contains the directory where the VM configuration files are stored (in our case it is D:\VMStore). You can get the VM GUID using the Hyper-V Manager console. To find a specific process PID, you need to find out the GUID of the virtual machine. All VMs on a Hyper-V host are started using the vmwp.exe process instances ( Virtual Machine Worker Process). The only way to force shutdown/restart such a stuck VM without rebooting the whole Hyper-V host is to kill its worker process on the host OS. How to Stop/Kill a Hung Virtual Machine on Hyper-V? The easiest way to restart the vmms.exe process of the vmms service is through the services.msc console or with the PowerShell service management cmdlets: This is a safe operation and will not interrupt running VMs. If your Hyper-V does not show the list of registered virtual machines in the Hyper-V Manager console and returns the “ Connecting to Virtual Machine Management service” error, you need to restart the vmms.exe ( Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management service) process.
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