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Chapter 2 Installing and Upgrading VMware Workstation

3 Rebootyourcomputerifyouarepromptedtodoso,andloginagainasthe

AdministratoruserorasauserwhoisamemberoftheWindowsAdministrators

group.

4Followtheinstallationwizardpromptstocompletetheinstallation.

5 Rebootyourcomputerifyouarepromptedtodoso.

Youca

nnowloginasyo

unormallydo.Youdonotneedtologinasan

AdministratornowthatWorkstationisinstalled.

6Ifyouusedbridgedsettingstomapvirtualnetworkstospecificphysicalorvirtual

adapters,re‐createthemappings.

AlthoughWorkstation7.0generallypreservesnetworksettingsduringthe

upgr

ade,itcannotpreserv

emappingscreatedwithWorkstation4,5.x,or6.x.

TouseWorkstation7.0toupgradevirtualmachines,see“ChangetheVersionofa

VirtualMachine”onpage 94.

Upgrading to a Windows Vista and Windows 7 Host

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsforvariousupgradescenariosthatinvolve

Windows VistaandWindows7.

DuringtheupgradefromWindowsXPtoWindowsVistaorWindows7,thelocation

ofvirtualmachinesmightchange.TheWindowsVistaandWindows7upgradeusethe

registrytomapthevirtualmachinestoanewloc

ationbyusingthefollowingpaths:

 OnWindowsXP,thedefaultvirtualmachinelocationbeforetheupgradeis:

C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My Virtual

Machines.

 OnWindowsVistaandWindows7,thedefaultvirtualmachinelocationafterthe

upgradeis:C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Virtual

Machines\<guestOSname>.

Aftertheupgradeiscomplete,iftheFavoriteslistinWorkstationdoesnotwork

correctly,youcanremovethevirtualmachinesfromitandaddthemagain.

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