From fafe28baf70010af4f4f597ddce52359d04f035a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iambdud <bendudley@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:52:45 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] adding a simple try/catch for cases where the VM fails to
 start

---
 FFUDevelopment/BuildFFUVM.ps1 | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/FFUDevelopment/BuildFFUVM.ps1 b/FFUDevelopment/BuildFFUVM.ps1
index a97214b..c0e1a53 100644
--- a/FFUDevelopment/BuildFFUVM.ps1
+++ b/FFUDevelopment/BuildFFUVM.ps1
@@ -3049,7 +3049,13 @@ function New-FFUVM {
     & vmconnect localhost "$VMName"
 
     #Start VM
-    Start-VM -Name $VMName
+    try{
+        Start-VM -Name $VMName -ErrorAction Stop
+    }
+    catch{
+        WriteLog "Error starting VM: $_"
+        throw $_
+    }
 
     return $VM
 }