The operation cannot be performed while the object is in its current state

So today was interesting, in my lab I got one of my Hyper-V host machines in a state and had to change the lab architecture slightly but in doing so I was left with a VM which I no longer required that I could not delete, start or do anything with.

The VM was in a saved state.

 

When I attempted to delete, start or anything I got an error saying “The operation cannot be performed while the object is in its current state.”

Navigate to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines and delete the xml file for the VM and just like magic the VM is gone form the console you just need to clean up the files left.

 

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