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lienip
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‎05-02-2015 12:36 AM

Windows7.vmwarevm/Windows 7.vmx is not a valid machine configuration file

I got the mentioned error after the VM forced to quit with not enough space error, how can I do?  Many thanks!

VM Version: 4.1.3 on MAC

OS: Windows 7 32 bit

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lienip
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‎05-04-2015 04:29 AM

Can anyone help???

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RDPetruska
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‎05-04-2015 05:41 AM

Attach the vmware log file from the VM's folder on your host, and we can rebuild the vmx configuration file.

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KumarLande
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‎05-04-2015 08:08 AM

Hey...

Try following this article : http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1023555

Cheers...

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lienip
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‎05-04-2015 06:31 PM

I am user, not really familiar with the system, any guideline to find vmware log file? Thanks!

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lienip
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‎05-04-2015 06:48 PM

I found the logs, see attach...

vmware-0.log.zip
vmware.log.zip
vmware-1.log.zip
vmware-2.log.zip
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RDPetruska
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‎05-06-2015 05:30 AM

Here is the recreated vmx file.

Windows 7.vmx.zip
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lienip
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‎05-06-2015 07:43 PM

RDPetruskaRDPetruska,


Thx a lot!!!!! It works!!!

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