Hyper-v server 2012R2, event ID 4096

Guðjón Jónsson 96 Reputation points
2021-12-06T13:44:43.807+00:00

Hi

I have an error logged every other hour, with event ID 4096 in hyper-V-Config under Admin.

So this VM in question was deleted some 2 years ago and suddenly this pops up.
What I need is a save way to get rid of this error?
Can I just delete the XML and folder from:?
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines

Or is there a better way?
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The details of the are:
The description for Event ID 4096 from source Microsoft-Windows-Hyper-V-Config cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

If the event originated on another computer, the display information had to be saved with the event.

The following information was included with the event:

VELEX
381028A0-D70E-4340-927C-734056659690
G:\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks\EXCHANGE
%%2147942402
0x80070002

The locale specific resource for the desired message is not present

Regards Gudjon

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  1. Guðjón Jónsson 96 Reputation points
    2021-12-08T14:12:10.063+00:00

    Hi

    I just removed those files in question, that fixed Event 4096 errors
    But as I deleted those files it started giving me new errors: Event ID 3280 (0x80042318) for a bunch of VM's.
    It turned out to be because vmguest.iso was connected to those VM's, just ejected those iso's and all is fine now;)

    Regards Gudjon

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2021-12-06T13:48:10.49+00:00

    Read on here about this.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/virtualization/event-id-4096

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  2. Limitless Technology 39,371 Reputation points
    2021-12-10T08:10:02.193+00:00

    Hi there,

    Great to hear that it has been resolved . This event is logged when the configuration of a virtual machine is not accessible, the system cannot find the specified path or the configuration is deleted.

    If you get this error again check the configuration for Virtual Machine and the path is correct or not.

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