http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2012/05/11/why-is-my-virtual-machine-off-critical.aspxIn Windows 8 / Windows Server 2012 we have introduced a new state for a virtual machine to be in.&#160; This is called “Off-Critical”. What is happening here is that there is a virtual machine registered with Hyper-V – but we cannot find the XML configurationen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2012/05/11/why-is-my-virtual-machine-off-critical.aspx#10419810Sat, 18 May 2013 06:40:51 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10419810Graham<p>Thanks this post pointed me in the right direction - VM was on an external drive...</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10419810" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2012/05/11/why-is-my-virtual-machine-off-critical.aspx#10381816Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:56:09 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10381816Andy<p>Found this - I have 3 VMs in this state. But the storage is available, I can open the XML files and read them... I can;t find anything wrong with the file structure. What else can cause this state?</p> <p>If I find the {GUID}.xml shortcut and rename it then the server is removed from Hyper-V. If I rename it back then it reappears but with this state... if I rename this file and create a new shortcut then the shortcut properties don;t seem correct - Hyper-V will not recognise it</p> <p>Any help?</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10381816" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2012/05/11/why-is-my-virtual-machine-off-critical.aspx#10309133Tue, 22 May 2012 20:50:50 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10309133Benjamin Armstrong<p>We have always had &quot;paused-critical&quot; but not &quot;Off-critical&quot;</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10309133" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2012/05/11/why-is-my-virtual-machine-off-critical.aspx#10305724Wed, 16 May 2012 08:12:13 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10305724Juanjo<p>May be I&#39;m wrong, but I have seen this state in some old 2008 R2 Hyper-V&#39;s and I think even in a 2008 Hyper-V.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10305724" width="1" height="1">