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I'm still on 7 but the solution for 7 was to simply make a batch file that did a command line start, put that batch file in startup. <br />
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I'm hoping 8 has this built in, as I may be upgrading soon. 
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I'm still on 7 but the solution for 7 was to simply make a batch file that did a command line start, put that batch file in startup.

I'm hoping 8 has this built in, as I may be upgrading soon.

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The option is still not really what I call a &quot;mainstream feature&quot;, and not sure why. It should be. But, VMware did at least provide a roundabout way to do so. Place the VM in the shared VM folder and configure. I have WS8, but hadn't yet configured my VM to autostart. Will look at doing so this week sometime.
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The option is still not really what I call a "mainstream feature", and not sure why. It should be. But, VMware did at least provide a roundabout way to do so. Place the VM in the shared VM folder and configure. I have WS8, but hadn't yet configured my VM to autostart. Will look at doing so this week sometime.

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I use the VMware run command, in the Startup Group.
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I use the VMware run command, in the Startup Group.

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I upgraded to VMware Workstation 8 with the understanding that I can setup a virtual machine (guest) to automatically startup when I reboot the &quot;host&quot; (my workstation). I remember seeing a blurb about &quot;Shared VMs&quot; so I converted it to one. I can't figure out where I can do this. Any help would be appreciated.<br />
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Thanks,<br />

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I upgraded to VMware Workstation 8 with the understanding that I can setup a virtual machine (guest) to automatically startup when I reboot the "host" (my workstation). I remember seeing a blurb about "Shared VMs" so I converted it to one. I can't figure out where I can do this. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,


VMware Workstation 8 auto start guest machine(s)

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