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RogerJeffs
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‎10-30-2009 02:43 AM

VM fusion 3 won't recognize vmx file type

I tried upgrading to VM fusion 3, but on attempting to load a Windows XP virtual machine, Fusion produces the following error:

'The document "Windows XP.vmx" could not be opened. VMware Fusion cannot open files in the "Steinberg VST mixer Settings" format.'

Steinberg mixer settings are related to Steinberg Cubase which I have installed on the mac. Trying to change the file info for .vmx files doesn't help. I had to uninstall Fusion 3 and go back to Fusion 2. This is ridiculous!

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BobTheDog
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‎10-31-2009 12:19 PM

I have exactly the same problem,

Did you find a fix?.

Cheers

Andy

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BobTheDog
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‎10-31-2009 12:27 PM

Ok Figured it out.

Rename the folder containing your vm files by adding .vmwarevm to the end.

So I changed mine from

WindowsXP to WindowsXP.vmwarevm

Start VMWare Fusion 3 and do file->open, locate the renamed folder and open it.

When the dialog comes up, choose "I moved it"

Seamless!

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RogerJeffs
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‎11-02-2009 12:02 AM

Great, your fix worked. But how on earth did you come upon this idea? Is there something in the docu that I missed? It seems to me that the new version recognizes folders rather than files, but where is this documented?

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BobTheDog
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‎11-02-2009 12:08 AM

Good stuff.

I had a look at my VMs that version 3 would recognise and they were all in the .vmwarevm format.

So I searched for "converting vmx to vmwarevm" and found a link about renaming.

Basically it is because our VMs were not created by VMWare fusion,

I am sure we will not be the only ones caught out by it, why version 3 no longer accepts them must be a bug I would have thought.

Cheers

Andy

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leejack
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‎11-02-2009 08:00 PM

Thanks for the solution, Bob. I was going back and forth with support and they hadn't figured it out. I forwarded them your post.

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BeingOne
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‎06-06-2013 02:53 AM

Wow Bob after 3hrs of pulling my non existent hair (I shaved my head earlier Smiley Wink ) I finally ran into your article.

What a life saver!

THANKS

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BeingOne
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‎06-06-2013 02:56 AM

p.s. Works for VMWARE 5.0.3 and OS X 10.8.4

Key words for the robots below:

VMware Fusion cannot open files in the "Steinberg VST mixer Settings" format.'


VMWARE won't recognize my images after Mac OS X upgrade.

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