At the moment I could use assistance getting a lone VMDK file to install into fusion 12.

I was able to create a VMDK file with the software that pushes it from the PC to an external drive.  What I think I screwed up is I deleted all files except for the VMDK, because it appeared to be the only file needed.

So now, I keep trying to install it as part of fusion version 12, but it's like no matter what I do the software doesn't recognize it.  I had it up and running on fusion, but was going to move it from the external drive to my Mac laptop because of the SSD.