Unable to use the local physical CD/DVD drive connected to a Workstation server on a Windows Client
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Unable to use the local physical CD/DVD drive connected to a Workstation server on a Windows Client

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Article ID: 310363

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Products

VMware Desktop Hypervisor

Issue/Introduction

  • You cannot connect a CD-ROM device to a virtual machine while connected to a Workstation server on a Windows Client.
  • When you power on the virtual machine, you see the error:

    Could not open the client device "D:". It is being used by another virtual machine or some other program.

Environment

  • VMware Workstation 10.x (Windows)
  • VMware Workstation 11.x (for Windows)
  • VMware Workstation 8.x (Windows)
  • VMware Workstation 9.x (Windows)

Cause

This issue occurs if the user account does not have sufficient administrative privileges.

Resolution

  1. Right-click the shortcut for VMware Workstation
  2. Click Run as Administrator to run the software with elevated rights