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ChemaTercero
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Changing Displying Name to a Vitual Machine

Hi,

I have a base VM that I copy and change the folder name to reflect the content of it. The problem is that I get the same name in the VMware bar on top.

The Question is how to change the Display name?

I am using VMware Player 2.5. I do not have VMware Workstation.

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Jasemccarty
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Welcome to the forums.

Open the .vmx file in your folder with Notepad.

Look for:

displayName = "VMNAME"

Change it to reflect what you want it to display.

Save the file, and then rerun VMware Player.

Cheers,

Jase

Jase McCarty, VCP, vExpert, VTSP

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Co-Author of VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center

(ISBN:1420070274) from Auerbach

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Jase McCarty - @jasemccarty

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Jasemccarty
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Welcome to the forums.

Open the .vmx file in your folder with Notepad.

Look for:

displayName = "VMNAME"

Change it to reflect what you want it to display.

Save the file, and then rerun VMware Player.

Cheers,

Jase

Jase McCarty, VCP, vExpert, VTSP

http://www.jasemccarty.com

Co-Author of VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center

(ISBN:1420070274) from Auerbach

Please consider awarding points if this post was helpful or correct

Jase McCarty - @jasemccarty
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ChemaTercero
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Thanks.

I looked at this file but seems be I overlooked this entry.

Regards,

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Jasemccarty
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Glad to help!

Jase McCarty, VCP, vExpert, VTSP

http://www.jasemccarty.com

Co-Author of VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center

(ISBN:1420070274) from Auerbach

Please consider awarding points if this post was helpful or correct

Jase McCarty - @jasemccarty
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