Starting or resuming a virtual machine when launching Fusion 4 and later

Products

• VMware Desktop Hypervisor

Issue/Introduction

This article provides steps on starting/resuming a virtual machine when launching Fusion. This applies to Fusion 4.x and above.

Environment

VMware Fusion Pro 10.x
VMware Fusion 6.x
VMware Fusion 7.x
VMware Fusion 5.x
VMware Fusion 4.x
VMware Fusion 8.x
VMware Fusion 10.x
VMware Fusion Pro 8.x

Resolution

To set your virtual machine to start/resume when Fusion is launched:
 

1. Open VMware Fusion.
2. From the Apple menu bar, click Window > Virtual Machine Library.
3. Right-click the virtual machine you want to work with.
4. Click Settings.
5. Click the General.
6. Check Start automatically when VMware Fusion launches.
7. Close the Settings window.

Additional Information

For information on starting your virtual machine, see Powering on a Fusion virtual machine (1020751).

 

For information on automatically starting a virtual machine when you login to your Mac, see Automatically starting a virtual machine when the computer starts and a user logs in (1005969).

 

For information on more advanced options, see Using vmrun to Control Virtual Machines.

Automatically starting a virtual machine when the computer starts and a user logs in
Powering on a VMware Fusion virtual machine