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How do I create a virtual machine shortcut?

by Rhyley Bryan

How do I create a virtual machine shortcut?

Launch VMware Workstation. In the virtual machine library tree (from Workstation menu bar, click on Show or Hide the Library button), or from the folder created in Library, drag the virtual machine to the Desktop or to a preferred location. This creates a new shortcut to the virtual machine with the specified name.

How do I open VMConnect?

To choose a local resource:

  1. Open VMConnect.
  2. Select the virtual machine that you want to connect to.
  3. Click Show options.
  4. Select Local resources.
  5. Click More.
  6. Select the drive that you want to use on the virtual machine and click Ok.
  7. Select Save my settings for future connections to this virtual machine.
  8. Click Connect.

How do I access a Hyper-V VM?

Boot the Virtual Machine Your new virtual machine will appear in the Hyper-V Manager list. Select it and “Start” it — click Start in the sidebar, click Action > Start, or right-click it and select Start. The virtual machine will boot up. Next, right-click the virtual machine and click Connect to connect to it.

How to create a Hyper-V virtual machine connection shortcut?

Create a Hyper-V Virtual Machine Connection Shortcut Right click the empty space on your Desktop. Select New – Shortcut from the context menu (see the screenshot). In the shortcut target box, type or copy-paste the following: vmconnect.exe

How to create a shortcut for a VM?

However, creating a shortcut for each vm you have you can start them fast simply by double clicking a shortcut on Desktop. If you want you can even set a vm to start every time you sign in to Windows. This tutorial will show you step by step how to do this. I’ve added a new video to tutorial. Video is from Ten Forums Videos thread:

How to create desktop shortcut to ” connect to “?

For instance, you can make a shortcut to launch Windows Updates by adding this command to the shortcut object: %windir%\\explorer.exe %localappdata%\\Packages\\windows.immersivecontrolpanel_cw5n1h2txyewy\\LocalState\\Indexed\\Settings\\en-US\\AAA_SystemSettings_MusUpdate_UpdateActionButton.settingcontent-ms

How to set up a host for vmconnect?

My intent is to establish a VMConnect ‘host’ that will run some type of script on startup to launch VMConnect sessions to X number of VM’s, login to a domain account and be ready to run these UI based automated tests.