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I have two machines, both windows. I'm using VM Workstation 11 in one.

If I have the VM running on one machine, and I switch to the other one for ~5 minutes, it appears as though the VM powers off.

How do I stop this from happening, as it closes my work when it does so?

I've googled but I found nothing on SO, or the VM websites, but it's possible I've missed something.

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  • The machine is only being suspended. It would happen regardless. Just disable it from being suspended
    – Ramhound
    Mar 24, 2015 at 16:20
  • @Ramhound which machine is being suspended? The VM is definitely powered off. The link you provided is for VM Fusion 3-7 and Workstation 8-9 by the looks of it. But I'll have a look. Mar 24, 2015 at 16:25
  • I used Workstation extensively and I know exactly what your talking about. Your virtual machines are being suspended if its after 5 minutes because of inactivity not because your switching to another running virtual machine.
    – Ramhound
    Mar 24, 2015 at 16:27
  • @Ramhound this doesn't seem to have worked. If I leave it long enough it does shut down. I can tell as when I power it back up (unlike when suspended) none of my programs are still running. Any advice/thoughts? Mar 31, 2015 at 15:51
  • @Ramhound I figured out what it is. <kbd>ctrl+alt+del</kbd> sets a timer in the Linux gues VM that will eventually switch off the machine. It also (normally) locks the Windows machine too fast to notice. Apr 2, 2015 at 10:51

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The instructions, as linked by Ramhound, are from here:

  1. Shutdown the virtual machine.
  2. Locate the virtual machine folder.
    1. Select the virtual machine from the VMware application window
    2. Click VM > Settings.
    3. Click Options.
    4. Click Advanced.
    5. Under File locations you will see Configuration and Log. You can find the files in those directories.
  3. Open the .vmx file for editing in a text editor.
  4. Add this line to the .vmx file:
    suspend.disabled = "TRUE"

  5. Save and close the .vmx file.

  6. Restart the virtual machine.

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