Enable Auto Start for Local Virtual Machine on Windows Host
您可以使用VMware Workstation Pro中的自动启动功能，在Windows主机启动时自动电源开启本地虚拟机。首先，确保您安装了VMware Workstation Pro 17.0或更高版本。此功能需要配置名为VMware Autostart Service的Windows服务为自动启动。您还可以在VMware Workstation Pro用户界面中选择要自动启动的虚拟机。配置完成后，虚拟机将根据设定的启动顺序自动启动。请注意，无法为加密的虚拟机配置自动启动。
- 确保安装VMware Workstation Pro 17.0或更高版本。
- 配置VMware Autostart Service为自动启动。
- 需要特定用户权限：
- 写入vmAutoStart.xml文件的权限
- 拥有vmAutoStart.xml中指定的VMX文件的所有权
- 通过VMware Workstation Pro用户界面配置自动启动虚拟机。
- 启动顺序可以设置，值相同的虚拟机按顺序启动，但顺序未定义。
- 无法为加密虚拟机配置自动启动。
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Enable Auto Start for Local Virtual Machine on Windows Host
Last Updated January 8, 2025
You can use the Auto Start feature available in VMware Workstation Pro to automatically power on the local virtual machines when the Windows host machine boots up.
- Ensure that you have installed VMware Workstation Pro 17.0 or later.
VMware Workstation Pro installs a new Windows service named
VMware Autostart Service
for the Auto Start feature. You must configure this service to start automatically if you want to use the feature.
You can choose the virtual machines for Auto Start from the Workstation UI.
- To configure
VMware Autostart Service
to
Automatic
start type, perform the following steps:
- Click
Start
>
Run
. - Type
services.msc
, and then press
Enter
. - From the service list, right click
VMware Autostart Service
, and then click
Properties
. - On the
General
tab of the
VMware Autostart Service Properties
dialog box, select the
Startup type
as
Automatic
, and then click
OK
.
You can configure the user account with which you want to run the
VMware Autostart Service
. To change the login information, on the
Log On
tab of the
VMware Autostart Service Properties
dialog box, select
This account
, and specify the required credentials. By default, the service is configured to run with
LocalSystem
account, so changing the account information is recommended.
The user you specify must have the following rights:
- Write access to the
vmAutoStart.xml
file located in
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmAutoStart.xml
. - Ownership to the
VMX
files specified in the
vmAutoStart.xml
file. - Launch VMware Workstation Pro. - On the VMware Workstation Pro user interface, right-click
My Computer
, and then select
Configure Auto Start VMs
. - On the
Configure VM Power Actions
dialog box, select the
Auto Start
check boxes and modify the
Start Order
fields for the virtual machines you want to autostart.
The virtual machines are started in the sequence as per the
Start Order
.
Same value of the
Start Order
for more than one VM still starts the VMs sequentially but the power-on sequence for those VMs is undefined. - Click
OK
.
You cannot configure Auto Start for an encrypted VM.