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How to fix a corrupt vmx file

What is the best method of fixing a corrupted VMX file on Workstation 15.5

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Welcome to the Community,

if you are running VMware Player on Windows, you may use the batch script that I've posted at HowTo: Recreating a .vmx from the vmware.log file.

Caution: If the VM has active snapshots (<vmname>-00000x.vmdk files), it is important to ensure that the newest one in the snapshot chain shows up in the .vmx file.

In doubt, provide a complete list of files (e.g. the output of dir *.*) in the VM's folder, and attach the vmware.log to your next reply.

André