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Christiancruz13
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‎09-29-2022 12:43 PM

is not a virtual machine configuration file (.vmx)

Hello,

I was trying to create an image of my windows 10 laptop but when I try to open it in vmware workstation pro it gives me an error saying "my machine" is not a virtual machine configuration file. Is there anyway I can convert the .VHDX file into a .vmx file? Or is there another solution I am not aware of?

 

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StephenMoll
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‎09-29-2022 03:39 PM

A virtual machine in VMware needs two files to get you started...

A virtual disk file and a virtual machine configuration file.

The former is often referred to as a VMDK file.

The latter is the VMX file.

 

Your VHDX file is the type of file normally associated with Microsoft Hyper-V, and is the Hyper-V equivalent of the VMDK file. You will need to find a tool to convert this to the VMDK format suitable for VMware products. 

You will then need to create a VMX file. Workstation can create one of these for you, by creating a blank VM. Once you have a converted VHDX to VMDK file, you might have some luck in placing this file into the blank VM and getting it to work.

 

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