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fusion 7 and bootcamp, where is .vmx file stored?

Hi all,

where is the *.vmx file for the bootcamp session stored? I cant find it.

I would like to add a bootdelay entry for the bootcamp.

Thank you!

greetings from Germany

Christian Stüben

edit:

meanwhile i found Re: Bootcamp .vmx file vs config  , but neither in /Library/Preferences/VMware Fusion/ nor in /Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/ i can find a Virtual machines subfolder.

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Found it. I simply didnt see the tilde in the path.

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Found it. I simply didnt see the tilde in the path.

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By default, virtual machine bundles are stored in Macintosh HD/Users/User_name/Documents/Virtual Machines. Depending on your version of Fusion and your Mac OS Settings, this last folder name may be Virtual Machines.localized.

Virtual machines running off of Boot Camp partitions are stored in Macintosh HD/Users/User_name/Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp. Only Fusion's virtual machine settings files for the Boot Camp partition are stored here; Fusion uses the Boot Camp partition as the virtual disk.

If you have used the virtual machine in VMware Fusion, you can locate its bundle.

To locate a virtual machine bundle:

  1. Launch Fusion.
  2. If the Virtual Machine Library window is not visible, go to Window > Virtual Machine Library.
  3. From the list on the left side, press Ctrl and click the virtual machine for which you want to locate the files.

    Note: In Fusion 7.x, 6.x, 5.x, and 4.x (Icon view), press Ctrl and click the thumbnail of the virtual machine for which you want to locate the files.

  4. Click Show in Finder.

If the virtual machine does not appear in the Virtual Machine Library, you can use of Mac OS X's built-in Spotlight feature to locate it:

  1. Click the Spotlight icon in the top-right corner of your screen (at the far right of the menu bar next to Notification Center icon in Mountain Lion).
  2. Type .vmwarevm.
  3. Click Show All.
  4. If you see more results that are not virtual machines, click File Name from the search result window's search bar (rather thanContents).
  5. Press Ctrl and click the virtual machine whose files you wish to locate.
  6. Click Open Enclosing Folder.

The revealed object is the virtual machine bundle. To see its contents:

  1. Press Ctrl and click the bundle (Right-click the bundle).
  2. Click Show Package Contents.
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