15 lines
506 B
Markdown
15 lines
506 B
Markdown
---
|
|
tags:
|
|
- PowerShell
|
|
- Scripting
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
**Purpose**:
|
|
You may find that you cannot delete a VHDX file for a virtual machine you removed from Hyper-V and/or Hyper-V Failover Cluster, and either cannot afford to, or do not want to reboot your virtualization host(s) to unlock the file locked by `SYSTEM`.
|
|
|
|
Run the following commands to unlock the file and delete it:
|
|
|
|
```powershell
|
|
Dismount-VHD -Path "C:\Path\To\Disk.vhdx" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
|
|
Remove-Item -Path "C:\Path\To\Disk.vhdx" -Force
|
|
``` |