topic VMWare Player Upgrade in VMware Workstation Player Discussions

VMWare Player Upgrade

borgesp08 — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 20:59:50 GMT

I am hoping this is the correct place for this question. I am new at this so my apologies in advance if necessary.

I have VMWare Workstation Player version 14.1 installed on a Windows 10 machine with one guest operating system (XP Professional if it makes any difference). I assume I should be upgrading to a newer version. Can this be done without re-installing the existing guest operating system and other programs on the existing VM? This may seem obvious but I do not want to lose my existing functionality, appreciate any advice.

Re: VMWare Player Upgrade

a_p_ — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:07:39 GMT

Welcome to the Community,

VMs in VMware Workstation are like documents in Word, Excel, etc. Upgrading or re-installing the application will not affect the documents/VMs.
Just make sure that the VMs are cleanly shut down (i.e. not suspended) before you update!

André

Re: VMWare Player Upgrade

borgesp08 — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:10:44 GMT

Wow, thanks for the quick response. This is as I hoped but wanted confirmation, thanks again.