https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-Pro-17-Won-t-auto-start/m-p/2957136#M180311 <P>A similar problem with a 2008 32bit guest. Thought it might be related to orphaned .lck files after a reboot but resolved for now by creating a Win10 guest without an operating system and set it to boot first.</P> Wed, 01 Mar 2023 01:49:30 GMT petermour 2023-03-01T01:49:30Z https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-Pro-17-Won-t-auto-start/m-p/2943505#M179120 <P>I'm attempting to autostart an Ubuntu 20 VM on a Windows 10 21H1 system.</P><P><SPAN>- VM Starts without issue manually. It is not encrypted</SPAN></P><P>- The "VMWare Autostart service" is running under my login account</P><P>- I have full read/write permissions to&nbsp;<SPAN>vmAutoStart.xml in&nbsp;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\VMware\VMware Workstation</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>- VM is checked in the "Configure VM Power Options" dialog.&nbsp; It's the only one</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>- I've attempted to unselect the VM in&nbsp;"Configure VM Power Options" and reselect</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>- It used to work, but after a few reboots I noticed it wasn't auto starting the VM</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>- I don't see any relate messages in Event Viewer</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is there any other location I should check for logs?&nbsp; Any troubleshooting tips?</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:16:36 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-Pro-17-Won-t-auto-start/m-p/2943505#M179120 bldrd 2022-12-12T21:16:36Z https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-Pro-17-Won-t-auto-start/m-p/2957136#M180311 <P>A similar problem with a 2008 32bit guest. Thought it might be related to orphaned .lck files after a reboot but resolved for now by creating a Win10 guest without an operating system and set it to boot first.</P> Wed, 01 Mar 2023 01:49:30 GMT https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Pro/Workstation-Pro-17-Won-t-auto-start/m-p/2957136#M180311 petermour 2023-03-01T01:49:30Z