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4 Run the configuration program from the command line:
vmware-config.pl
5 At the prompts, accept the default values.
The configuration program displays a message saying the configuration completed successfully. If you
do not see the configuration completion message, run the configuration program again.
6 When you are done, exit from the root account:
exit
Start VMware Player
1 To open your VMware Player:
Choose VMware Player from the Start > Programs menu in Windows or from the corresponding program
menu in a Linux X windows session.
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On Windows, type vmplayer from the Start > Run command menu. You can also type <path>
\vmplayer.exe in the command interpreter, where <path> is the appropriate path on your system to
the VMware Player executable file.
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From the Linux command line, type <path>/vmplayer, where <path> is the appropriate path on your
system to the VMware Player executable file. If you want to run VMware Player in the background,
type <path>/vmplayer &.
2 Browse for the configuration file of the virtual machine that you want to run.
You can also select a recently used virtual machine or download a virtual appliance from the Virtual
Appliance Marketplace.
You can use the field Files of type to filter the files that are displayed when you browse.
VMware Player can open .vmx VMware configuration files, OVF, and OVA files. On Windows, VMware
Player can open .vmc Microsoft Virtual PC and Virtual Server files and .sv2i Symantec Backup Exec
System Recovery system images.
3 Select a virtual machine configuration file, and click Open.
You can also open a virtual machine by right-clicking its configuration file to display a context menu from
which you can open the virtual machine in VMware Player.
Close VMware Player
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Do one of the following:
a Shut down the guest operating system in the virtual machine.
VMware Player closes after the guest operating system shuts down.
b Choose VMware Player > Exit (Windows) or VMware Player > Quit (Linux).
VMware Player either suspends or powers off the virtual machine, depending on the preference you
have set for exit behavior in VMware Player > Preferences.
Uninstalling VMware Player
The following sections describe how to uninstall VMware Player on Windows and Linux hosts.
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