Written by Create a shortcut with the following TARGET.
“C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware.exe” -X “C:\Users\YOUR_USER\Documents\Virtual Machines\VMNAME\FILENAME.vmx”
The -X opens in Full screen (before you go looking, I’ll save you the trouble — there is no dual screen option as of the writing of this article.)
Replace “C:\Users\YOUR_USER\Documents\Virtual Machines\VMNAME\FILENAME.vmx” with your vmx file location.
The quotes are required.
Put the shortcut into the Windows Startup folder
Voila!
I was wondering if there was a way to do this with ubuntu as the host and windows 7 as the guest? I’m an IT at my company and were currently in the process of deploying virtualized computers. I have them right now booting ubuntu(host) then autostarting the VM with workstation booting windows 7 as the guest but i cant seem to get it to full screen(automattically without clicking fullscreen) when the virtual boots, and we don’t want to expose the host to the clients.
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Lance DeWitt.
If you have the vmware-kvm.exe available and launch a VM using that it will use all the screens. Workstation 10 and should have it, 8 and 9 may have it, I haven’t installed them recently to check.