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Maybe it is the same problem : using the shared folders the explorer hangs if browsing a folder with french characters. No workaround found, I have to restart the guest every time. If I use a USB drive instead of shared folders, everything seems to be ok...

How did I solve this issue ? Well I'm ashamed to say that I am back in VMWare Workstation 5. The VM version was reverted from 6 to 5, and then I was able to go back to my previous snapshot. I don't know when I'll be able to upgrade now ...

Indeed it seems that the "non ASCII" characters can be the cause. In fact these are ASCII but not in the same code page I think. Note that once the drag/drop failed because of this, there is no way to copy any other file by drag/drop (forbiden sign as mouse cursor). I can only restart the VM as it seems that the Dnd hanged .... Thanks again for your help.

Thanks again for your support. How do I find out if any .vm* file is corrupted ? I don't understand how the import menu can be usefull ... do you mean that I may import a snapshot as a new VM or something like that ?

Hi Thank you for your infos ... but it didn't help A full scandisk was performed. A tool named OpenFilesView (www.nirsoft.net) was used to see that no files were locked in my VM dir. Maybe another idea ?

The problem seems to be solved when rebooting the Host. Clues to find the cause : \- most of the times I just 'hibernate' the host when quiting my job \- most of the times I just 'suspend' the guests to come back when I'll need them \- I use a lot of USB 2 devices which can be plugged/unplugged anytime ... Maybe a combination of this caused the guest and the host to be unable to communicate anymore until reboot ?

Just another info after the solution. After setting the vmnet0 as described above I discovered that the bridged network did not work. My VM was unable to connect the internet. Solution : \- shutdown the VM \- open the VWare Network settings \- in the DHCP tab remove the DHCP activated for vmnet0 \- click OK \- restart VM This way the VM will be a DHCP client as the host computer. Bye

I did stop/start WMWare but I also had to restart computer to enable everything. Thank you again everything works now, and for those having the same problem here is the full solution (which worked for me) to avoid you reading the full post : \- access the network connections in Windows control panel \- double click the chosen network adapter for bridging \- add the "VMWare Bridge Protocol" if not found -> browse to the VMWare installation dir (default C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation) -> choose "netbridge.inf" \- restart computer \- open Edit..Virtual Network Settings \- go to the "Automatic Bridge" tab \- unckeck "Automatically choose an available physical network adapter to bridge to vmnet0" \- go to the "Host Virtual Network Mapping" tab \- select the network adapter in the Vmnet0 drop down list \- click ok Hope this will help someone else.

Thank you for your quick answer. I had to add the "VMWare Bridge Protocol" in the physical net adapter properties as it was not listed. Thank you for that. "Automatically choose ..." cannot be unchecked as it is disabled. The vmnet0 drop down is empty in "Host Virtual Network Mapping". Here is the IPCONFIG /ALL result (sorry, in french) : Configuration IP de Windows Nom de l'hôte . . . . . . . . . . : VAIOMedia Suffixe DNS principal . . . . . . : Type de nœud . . . . . . . . . . : Mixte Routage IP activé . . . . . . . . : Non Proxy WINS activé . . . . . . . . : Non Carte Ethernet VMware Network Adapter VMnet8: Suffixe DNS propre à la connexion : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8 Adresse physique . . . . . . . . .: 00-50-56-C0-00-08 DHCP activé. . . . . . . . . . . : Non Adresse IP. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.153.1 Masque de sous-réseau . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Passerelle par défaut . . . . . . : Carte Ethernet VMware Network Adapter VMnet1: Suffixe DNS propre à la connexion : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1 Adresse physique . . . . . . . . .: 00-50-56-C0-00-01 DHCP activé. . . . . . . . . . . : Non Adresse IP. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.80.1 Masque de sous-réseau . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Passerelle par défaut . . . . . . : Carte Ethernet Connexion au réseau local: Suffixe DNS propre à la connexion : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC Adresse physique . . . . . . . . .: 00-15-F2-CC-37-FC DHCP activé. . . . . . . . . . . : Oui Configuration automatique activée . . . . : Oui Adresse IP. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5 Masque de sous-réseau . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Passerelle par défaut . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 Serveur DHCP. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 Serveurs DNS . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.1 Bail obtenu . . . . . . . . . . . : mercredi 14 mars 2007 06:49:21 Bail expirant . . . . . . . . . . : mercredi 21 mars 2007 06:49:21 Carte Ethernet Connexion réseau sans fil: Statut du média . . . . . . . . . : Média déconnecté Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g miniPCI Adapter Adresse physique . . . . . . . . .: 00-14-A4-72-D5-B4[/b] Here is the VMX file : config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "4" scsi0.present = "TRUE" memsize = "512" floppy0.fileName = "A:" sound.present = "TRUE" sound.fileName = "-1" usb.present = "TRUE" displayName = "KS-TestComputer" priority.grabbed = "normal" priority.ungrabbed = "normal" tools.syncTime = "FALSE" scsi0:0.present = "TRUE" scsi0:0.fileName = "v2v-Disque dur de KS-TestComputer.vmdk" scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic" ide0:0.present = "TRUE" ide0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw" ide0:0.filename = "auto detect" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:b7:41:c2" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" ethernet1.present = "TRUE" ethernet1.addressType = "generated" ethernet1.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:b7:41:cc" ethernet1.generatedAddressOffset = "10" guestOS = "winnetstandard" scsi0:0.redo = "" ide0:0.startConnected = "TRUE" ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE" ethernet1.startConnected = "TRUE" sound.virtualDev = "es1371" sound.autodetect = "TRUE" uuid.location = "56 4d 71 09 10 0a 46 de-7d 99 24 d5 f9 b7 41 c2" uuid.bios = "56 4d 71 09 10 0a 46 de-7d 99 24 d5 f9 b7 41 c2" floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE" checkpoint.vmState = "" ide0:0.autodetect = "TRUE"[/b] Thank you for your help