Windows 11 stuck on "Stopping..."

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by EricE10, Jan 31, 2025.

  1. EricE10

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    My Windows 11 VM is stuck on "Stopping..."
    The Parallels actions are all greyed out
    (Can't attempt to reset, reboot, etc.).
    "Stop" is available, but when I try to use it, the VM reports
    "Unable to complete the operation. Windows 11 is in the "stopping" state."
    This occurred following an automatic Windows update yesterday (Jan 30, 2025). Other Windows updates never resulted in this behavior.
    How do I force a reboot of this VM?
    Also, this is a licensed, paid Windows 11 version - if I have to rebuild the VM, do I seriously just eat the cost and lose the license?
     
  2. EricE10

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    Ah, nevermind. I went to activity monitor, force-quit Windows 11, and it allowed me to reboot. PHEW.
     

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