Windows not Tabs

[EdP2]

I have just purchased a large 4K monitor and I am revelling in all the screen real estate that I now have to play with. However a minor irritant is now becoming a much larger issue. Is there any way of having multiple Guest screens rather than the irritating tabbed display of Workstation? I know I can do this by altering the default 'open-with' to VMWare Player, but I'd prefer to be able to use Workstation.

I now realise I phrased my question badly. It is my habit to launch guests from shortcuts, that implicitly use the 'run-as' tag. I know that I can launch individual instances of workstation and load individual guest vms into each, but this is more time consuming - the ideal would be to be able to use Guest Windows instead of Guest tags in VMWare Workstation.

[wila · Accepted solution]

Hello EdP‌,

If I'm not mistaken then it appears this is one of the features in the new Workstation Tech Preview, it's called "Tear Away Tabs"

See also: What’s New in Workstation Technology Preview 2015 | VMware Communities

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Wil

[EdP2]

Thank you I obviously missed any announcement of the preview. Is it a public beta, or just by invitation?

[wila]

Hi EdP,

Mentioning that if it was a private Preview would be a bit cruel wouldn't you say?

It's the public beta, I'm not sure if the private preview still exists for people outside of VMware.

Full details are here:

VMware Workstation Technology Preview 2015

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Wil