Running VMWare Workstation Pro 16.2.1.16457 on Windows 11 Pro 21H2 22000.348

I set the file permissions to allow a script to copy my Virtual Machines to a back up location.

However, when a VM is launched the "VMX" file permissions  remove all permissions except "Authenticated Users"

This is repeatable. The VM  must be launched for this behavior to exhibit.

How do I stop VMWare Workstation from changing the file permissions of my VM's?

Thank you for your time.