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Configuring the Automation Properties of a Virtual Machine

You can use the Configuration Editor to set automation properties for your virtual machine.

To do so:

  1. Select File > Open and open the virtual machine configuration file (.cfg) you want to modify.
  2. Select Settings > Configuration Editor.
  3. Click Misc in the left-hand panel.
  4. Under Misc, select the options you wish to enable, then click OK to apply your changes.

The automation properties that can be set for a virtual machine are described in the following table.

Option

Description

Power on when program starts

Check this option if you want the virtual machine to automatically power on after you start the virtual machine by using the command line.

If you choose this option, you do not have an opportunity to modify configuration options for the virtual machine prior to starting it. If you do not choose this option, you need to click Power On to start the virtual machine.

Switch to full screen at every power on

Check this option if you want the virtual machine to automatically expand to use the full screen after it is powered on.

Use APM features of guest OS when suspending

This option is no longer necessary. It is more effective for you to suspend your virtual machine.

Exit at power off (also at suspend to disk)

Check this option if you want to exit VMware Workstation automatically after powering off the virtual machine.

Hide partition type of read-only partitions

Check this option if you wish to hide read-only partitions from your guest operating system. This is useful if you are using raw disk partitions, running multiple operating systems at the same time, and not using an advanced boot manager (such as PowerQuest BootMagic or V Communication System Commander).

Similar to some advanced boot managers, this option changes the partition type of all read-only partitions that are not necessary for the the guest operating system you are booting to unknown. The effect of enabling this option is that the guest operating system only sees the partitions for which the virtual machine has read/write access.

Find best resolution in full-screen mode

This option is on (enabled) by default. When it is enabled, VMware Workstation uses the VidMode extension from the XFree86 Project to match the host resolution to the one requested by the guest running in the virtual machine.

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