Autostart VMWare Workstation machines automatically upon Windows restart v2 – UPDATED

Posted: 18th February 2010 by shadyvb in Uncategorized
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Browsing the VMWare docs, I’ve been able to find a better way to start VMWare machine automatically via FireDaemon ( Check the first post ).

The new and better way removes the nag screen of “Interactive Services message”, which is pretty anonying, at least to me.

To use the new built-in command-line tool, change the command lines in the Executable and Parameters fields as follows :


Executable : C:\Program files\VMWare\VMWare Workstation\vmrun.exe
Parameters : start "D:\path\to\virtual\machine\Ubuntu.vmx"

You can see that in the following screen :

Autostart VMWare using Firedaemon, Updated

Note: Change Parameters field to put the correct path to your machine’s VMX file, and perhaps you would need to change the Executable fields as well if you’ve a custom path for your VMWare Workstation installation.

  1. Autostart VMWare Workstation machines automatically upon Windows restart « Void Studios says:
    February 18, 2010 at 1:07 am

    [...] better results, and to remove the nagging screen of Interactive Services message. Check out the updated post. Tags: application as a service, autostart, autostart vmware, bios setting, electricity [...]

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  2. Alvaro says:
    October 5, 2010 at 12:15 am

    Where is this “Interactive Services message” in windows 2003 server?

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