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Cannot extend volume for Windows 10 VM after allocating extra space?

I have a windows 10 VM in a VMWare Workstation. I just allocated an extra 50 gigabytes via the VM settings when it was off. I turned on the VM, opened up Computer Management->Disk Management, ...
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How can I export a VM to a VMDK in VMware Workstation?

I have a Windows 10 VM in VMware Workstation 16 Pro. My host operating system is also Windows 10. When I created the VM, I selected to split the disk. How can I export the VM to a single VMDK file?
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Increase storage size of a VM inside VMWare Workstation [duplicate]

I have a windows 10 running on VM. I started with 50 GB. It too small for me now. I want to increase to 150 GB. I power off and expand in the VM settings to 150 GB already as you can see. I restart ...
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Trying to pass through a sound card to a windows 10 vm

I am using VMware Workstation 16. The host computer is Also Windows 10 x64 VM is Windows 10 x64. The sound card I am trying to pass through is a Focusrite 2i2 Gen2. It's important for me to get ASIO ...
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Vmware workstation slows down the Host checking the internet presence

I noticed, installing on my laptop with Windows 10 Pro Hyper-V enabled, VMware workstation (both 15.5 and 16.0), that causes my computer detecting more slowly the internet presence. To provide an ...
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Using a Windows virtual machine as my everyday computer: feasible in 2020, or too slow?

For years, I've been dreaming of using a VM as my primary Windows machine as I cringe at having to set up a new machine from scratch every three to five years. Until now I've been dissuaded by the ...
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internet disconnects after switching on Virtual machine in bridged mode

I am running VMware Workstation 15 on a 64 bit Windows 10 machine. Recently I wanted to do an experiment to share my wifi via Virtual Machine (i.e. installing some app inside the virtual machine like ...
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Is it possible to force a VMWare virtual machine to render a desktop when no one is connected to it?

As the title suggests, I am attempting to have a virtual machine that is running on VMWare 6.5 emulate a screen even when no one is connected to it. We are running a script on the VM that uses the ...
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How do you force VMware Workstation VM to synchronize its date and time with host?

Sometimes when I resume a virtual machine, the date and time continues from where it was when I paused the VM. This causes some issues with cookies, tokens, and other things. Is there any way I can ...
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Connecting Extra USB HID Device to VMware Workstation VM Automatically on Startup [duplicate]

How can I connect an extra HID device (for example, an extra mouse and keyboard unifier) at VM startup for Windows 10 guest? I'm using VMware Workstation 15.0.3 on Windows 10 host machine. I can ...
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VMware Workstation USB Arbitration Service Won't Start Automatically

On Windows 10, VMware Workstation "USB Arbitration Service" won't start automatically at login. I have only one user for PC and it logged in automatically without password. I looked into Windows ...
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Can I enable Windows Sandbox feature in a VMWare Workstation virtual machine?

I'm trying to test the Windows Sandbox feature released for Windows insiders. I have Win10 Pro 1809 build 18309 installed in a virtual machine in VMWare Workstation. So when I go to enable it, I'm ...
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How to share folders between host and guest in VMware?

I'm using the following set up: Host: Windows 10. Guest: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. VMware Workstation 12 player (free edition). I've enabled the sharing folders option on the host as shown in the picture ...
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VMware with Windows 10 not recognising keyboard input running on Ubuntu 16.04 host

I am trying to migrate my Windows 10 machine into a virtual machine which I can run under Ubuntu 16.04 which is my preferred OS. I used VMware vCenter Convertor to move all my files and the OS into ...
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How to enable Secure Boot in a guest VM using VMWare Workstation?

For testing purposes I need to install Windows 10 with the "Secure boot" feature enabled. I do not have any hardware that supports it. Thus I was hoping to emulate it in a virtual machine. Is there a ...
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Access virtual disk from corrupted VMWare virtual machine

I was using a Windows 10 x64 virtual machine for some time (mainly to try out some unnecessary or potentially dangerous programs) on a Windows 10 host with VMWare Workstation 12. Now it gets stuck at ...
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Cannot run VM in VMWare on Windows 10 due to Hyper-V

I have successfully installed VMWare Workstation 10 on my laptop running Windows 10. The virtualized system is CentOS. Could install guest system and run it I could successfully install the system ...
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How would I recover a crashed ubuntu instance running in VMware workstation?

I was running VMware Workstation 11.0 VM on a Windows 10 (64bit) host with Ubuntu 14.04 as guest. Last night my windows crashed and I reset my windows but all new application/software I lost including ...
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Connect to a remote Linux (VMWare) VM using Windows 10

Well it seems like a very simple thing to do but i couldn't find anything online that simply explain how to do this: I have a Desktop PC running Windows 10 which i installed "VMWare Workstation" and ...
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VMware shows windows ( ubantu ) loading but do not open

I'm using VMware workstation to run a ubantu based software software . First it was running fine , but suddenly when I open .vmx file and power on the virtual machine , it start to starting fine . But ...
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Open '*-flat.vmdk' file to restore data

vmWare Worstation 10 suddenly crashed. After trying to reboot the virtual machine next error was shown: "NOT REACHED: d:/build/ob/bora-2844087/bora/lib/disklib/sparseChecker.c:1308". After some ...
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