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NicKin
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failed to boot up my vm that attached physical drive

hi all,

My vm can boot up normally when i change the "Language for non-Unicode programs" to "english" in control panel, but fail in others(e.x . japanese, chinese)

Please help.

the host os: win7 and win8

vm workstation version: 11.1.1 build 2771112

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GaneshNetworks

Is your VM running with snapshots? If Yes, Delete it and then try to change the language settings and check the problem exists or not.

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NicKin
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thank you for your reply.

no any snapshots in my vm.

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UmeshAhuja
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Hi,

  1. Create a back up of the virtual machine. 
  2. In VMware Infrastructure (VI) Client, browse the datastore where the virtual machine is located. 
  3. Verify that there is a enough free space on the datastore to commit the snapshots. 
  4. Right-click on the file with the .vmsd extension and rename it from <vmname>.vmsd to <vmname>.vmsd.old
  5. From VI Client, create a new snapshot. 
  6. Click Delete all in the Snapshot Manager to consolidate the snapshots. This commits the newest snapshot, plus the existing snapshots. 
  7. Delete all of the .vmsd files from the virtual machine directory. 
  8. Delete all the .vmsn files from the virtual machine directory.
  9. Finally power on the VM and check
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wila
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Hi,

Are there any non english characters in the name of the virtual machine or the folder the virtual machine resides in?

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NicKin
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hi Umesh, thank you for your reply, but i am using vm workstation, there are no any datastore.

hi Wil, thank you for your reply, there are no any non english characters in absolute path of the virtual machine.

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wila
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Hello NicKin‌,

No non english characters? Hmm.. would it be possible to reproduce the issue and then attach the vmware.log file from that VM to your reply here?

thanks,

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NicKin
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where are the log file located? ......there are no any log file in my vm folder....

it only have a pop up windows and say "Dictionary problem" when i try to power on the vm.

everything is ok, if i change the "Language for non-Unicode programs" to "english"

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wila
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Hi,

Huh, that's quite strange.

I do notice you have a core crash file, but that is only useful for VMware developers AFAIK.

Can you attach the vmx file? It might help, but it certainly does not has as much info as a log file.

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Wil

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