Vmware does not open images


  1. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Vmware does not open images


    Hello,

    I use windows 7 x64. The following issue happens both on Vmware 7 and 8
    I cannot open or create any virtual machines. tried creating a virtual machine, I click finish but nothing shows up.
    The virtual machine does not appear in the library. When I try to close vmware it says that the virtual machine is busy.
    The same happens when I try to open a virtual machine.


    Any ideas?

    Thank you
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 5,941
    Linux CENTOS 7 / various Windows OS'es and servers
       #2

    Hi there
    How did you create / install the Virtual OS.
    Note also for vmware workstation 8 you need to add your user id to this group __vmware__. (TWO underscores each side and no full stop at the end). If you don't do this you can only run vmware workstation 8 in "Administrator" mode.

    If you run the Create Virtual Machine wizard you should start to see something like this screen shot enc.

    Incidentally you might see that there is a file in your Virtual Machine directory labelled *****.lck where ***** is your virtual machine name.

    This is a LOCK file that can be deleted -- if this exists it will tell vmware workstation that the Virtual Machine you are trying to open is busy.

    Cheers
    jimbo
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Vmware does not open images-vmwiz.png  
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