Trying to repair the virtual machine disk didn't help
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager -R /Users/brett/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windows\ 7\ x64.vmwarevm/Virtual\ Disk.vmdk
VixDiskLib: Invalid configuration file parameter. Failed to read configuration file.
No errors were found on the virtual disk, '/Users/brett/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows 7 x64.vmwarevm/Virtual Disk.vmdk'.