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How activate option to export to OVF

How activate option to export to OVF, I need export a virtual machine the Windows 2000 for use in virtual box but this option is disabled:
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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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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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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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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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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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