Hi Bharat,
thanks for your reply, but I think you misunderstood my question.
i know how to unlock the VM, that's not the issue.
The issue is why is the VMX file locked in the first place? It locks again after a while so I cannot back it up.
Just a handfull of VM's have this problem. But why?
EDIT:
the locking of the VMX file itself doesn't pose any problems. When I powerdown the VM the file is unlocked.
VM's with a locked VMX file are running normally.