[ VMware 常見問題 ] Command Line Application for Automatic Launching VM

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Preface 
VMware Workstation includes a separate application, vmrun, for operating teams or virtual machines from the command line. To launch the vmrun application, from the command prompt, enter: 

vmrun COMMAND [OPTION]

Usage 
Valid vmrun commands and options are described in the following table: 
 

Note. Before running this command on a Windows host, you must do one of the following: 

* Change your working directory to the VMware Workstation directory. The default location is: c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation
* Add the VMware Workstation directory to the system path.

Examples for vmrun 
For example, to start a virtual machine: 
- In a Linux terminal, enter 

# vmrun start /usr/local/VMs/<virtual_machine_name>.vmx

- On the Windows command line, enter: 

$ vmrun start c:\My Virtual Machines\<virtual_machine_name>.vmx

With virtual machines that require input through a VMware Workstation dialog box, vmrun may time out and fail. To disable Workstation dialog boxes, insert the following line into the .vmx configuration file for a virtual machine: msg.autoAnswer = TRUE