December 11, 2024
VMware Workstation 7 Virtual Machine Shortcut Windows 7

Here’s how to make a shortcut for VMware Workstation 7 virtual machine in Windows 7:

1. Right click on your desktop and select ‘New>Shortcut’.

VMware Workstation 7 Virtual Machine Shortcut Windows 7

2. In the location field, type the following –

“<Path to vmware.exe file>” -X “<Path to the virtual machine’s .vmx file>”

In our case, the path to vmware.exe was ‘C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe’ and the virtual machine which we wanted to boot directly was located in ‘C:\LM9’ folder. The name of the virtual machine’s .vmx file was ‘LM9.vmx’. Hence, we typed the following in the location field –

“C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe” -X “C:\LM9\LM9.vmx”

VMware Workstation 7 Virtual Machine Shortcut Windows 7

VMware Workstation 7 Virtual Machine Shortcut Windows 7

Click ‘Next’ when done.

3. Type a name for the shortcut and click ‘Finish’.

VMware Workstation 7 Virtual Machine Shortcut Windows 7

4. That’s it! Double click the newly created shortcut on your desktop to directly boot your virtual machine.

VMware Workstation 7 Virtual Machine Shortcut Windows 7

VMware Workstation 7 Virtual Machine Shortcut Windows 7

You can make any number of  shortcuts for various VMware Workstation 7 virtual machines on Windows 7 desktop.

 

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3 thoughts on “How To Make Shortcut For VMware Workstation 7 Virtual Machine In Windows 7”
  1. You can also launch multiple virtual machines from the one shortcut.
    Just add the path to the additional machines to the end of the shortcut, followed by a space. eg
    “C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe” -X “C:\LM9\LM9.vmx” “C:\Folder\VM2 Config File.vmx” “C:\Folder\VM3 Config File.vmx”

  2. I found that a shortcut to the VMX file is enough. But I use VMWare player, not workstation.

    Thanks for the tip. Without it I wouldn’t have tried to operate the VMX file in 1st place…

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