Problems opening virtual machine in vmware player

[plcnoob]

I have vmware player version 2.5.2 at work and at home. I have one virtual machine on my external hard drive and i can open and run it fine at home but i can not open it at work. i am not an admin on my pc and this vm ware palyer was setup by it. I would not think you would have to be admin?

This is the error i am getting when trying to open the virtual machine. Error while powering on: Check for missing files failed:

Insufficient permission to access file.

Can someone tell me what is wrong. as i said it works fine opening in workstation or player at my home.

[RDPetruska]

What host OS?

To run a virtual machine, at a minimum, you need read/write/execute access to the vmx file and read/write access to the VM's folder (and the remaining files within it).

[plcnoob]

win xp pro for guest and host.

Opens and runs fine in workstation but not player ?

[plcnoob]

Anyone?

[continuum]

did you check file permissions as Rob Petruska had suggested ?

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[plcnoob]

Where would i check this.The machines are located on a usb external hard drive.No policy or permissions or anything like that .i have tried them on a couple different systems.

I have read/write access to all other files on the disk?

I have also tried to move them to my 2nd internal HD and get the same result.

[continuum]

does the player create a vmware.log ? - if yes - attach it

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[plcnoob]

All theses vm's run fine in wm ware workstation on my other pc.They just won't open in player.

[continuum]

does the player create a vmware.log ? - if yes - attach it

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