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when you say "... while restarting vmware ...", are you actually referring to the virtual machine? In this case make sure that the VM is not in a suspended state. Depending on the VMware Workstation version, you'll need to delete the .vmss (virtual machine suspend state) file in the VM's folder. Remember that this equals a hard reset on a physical machine, so consider to backup the VM's files to have a way back should something go wrong.
André
