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Start VMware Player
To start VMware Player you must open the .vmx virtual machine configuration file.
Procedure
1 Select Start > Programs > VMware Player in Windows or use 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. To run VMware Player process in the background, type
<path> /vmplayer &.
2 On the VMware Player welcome page, select Open a VM.
3 Browse for the configuration file of the virtual machine 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 Files of type field 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.
4 Select a .vmx virtual machine configuration file, and click Open.
Close VMware Player
Close VMware Player before you shut down the host computer.
On Linux, depending on the exit behavior preference settings, the virtual machine either suspends or shuts
down and the VMware Player window closes.
For ACE instances, the options in the drop-down menu depend on which features the system administrator
makes available.
Procedure
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On Windows, select File > Exit.
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On Linux, select an option based on the exit behavior settings.
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Select File > Power Off and Quit.
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Select File > Suspend and Quit.
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Select File > Power Off and Return to Library.
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Select File > Suspend and Return to Library.
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