VMware Fusion Evaluation

13 Responses to “VMware Fusion Evaluation”

1. bkh on June 17th, 2007 7:13 pm #
   

   Thanks for posting this. I was trying to find a way to remove a VM also, but couldn’t find any documentation about it. I had set up a VM with Fusion, but then decided to use the BootCamp partition instead. So now I have a 20GB VM not doing much of anything for me. Blah.

2. Mike Goodstadt on July 30th, 2007 5:34 am #
   

   Yup no info on deleting - just hit delete when selected in the window… far too easy - then close and delete folder which you indicated. Then uninstall and use Parallels

3. psaltyne on August 19th, 2007 9:55 am #
   

   yes, i am extremely annoyed too. i had already installed bootcamp, and when i installed Fusion and started running XP, it asked me to reactivate windows - and it never would let me. ahhhh…now it’s been deleted and i can run windows via bootcamp in peace.

4. Justin on September 2nd, 2007 8:57 pm #
   

   I hope this helps. I am using VMWARE in Ubuntu. Removing a virtual machine is a piece of cake.
   1. Boot VMWARE
   2. Hit F9 or from the VIEW menu select “Inventory
   ” This will open a side window on the left.
   3. Right click on the Virtual Machine you wish to remove.
   4. Select “remove from disk”

   Good Luck

5. James the Stud on September 21st, 2007 9:42 pm #
   

   Fusion Rocks — it kicks parallels @$$

6. Eric Tung on October 1st, 2007 12:45 am #
   

   The correct way to delete a virtual machine is to delete /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/myaccount/Documents/Virtual Machines/Mymachine.vmwarevm, just like you would any other document. You should go over to the VMware Fusion forums and give some more details about how it caused the Virtual Machine Library to break (also, this isn’t a separate application) and/or report a bug.

7. jim barnes on October 2nd, 2007 10:35 am #
   

   Hello have you seen this yet

   http://www.moka5.com/products/baremetal.html

   I use the livePC version under WinXP but this version is for “any intel based computer” so it will work on the new dual core macs or at least thats what it seems to imply.

8. ethernos on October 20th, 2007 3:45 am #
   

   delete that directory and the vmwarevm/Users/mathieuvigouroux/Library/Preferences/VMware\ Fusion

9. aeon on January 9th, 2008 2:04 am #
   

   thanks, eric tung! I was able to get rid of one virus-packed virtual machine.

10. Jack LaCorte on February 16th, 2008 3:29 am #
    

    To delete a virtual machine in Leopard go to /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/myaccount/LibraryApplication Support/VMWare Fusion/Virtual Machines/Boot Camp and delete the folder containing the virtual machine you wish to delete.

11. Eric on February 19th, 2008 10:14 pm #
    

    
    Previous to Fusion, only VMware player was available to Macintosh users,
    …Where?? This is all that I need, and no, according to everything I find, Fusion IS VMWare Player for OS/x, there is NO free player for OS/x, only a worthless trial.

    If I’m incorrect, then please point me in the direction of the free vm player for OS/X, otherwise, check your facts.

12. Lander on April 14th, 2008 6:47 pm #
    

    I had installed XP Home under Fusion, but want to use XP Pro instead. I just dragged the XP Home out of the Virtual Machine Library (application window, not file directory) and into the trash can. Looks gone to me.

    There is a reference to removing certain files at
    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080123153021AA1fqxb
    but I could not find the files types listed there or the ones mentioned in these posts.

    vmware fusion help says to 1) power off the VM, 2) use finder - user/documents/virtual machines/(VMfile), 3) drag vmfile to trash.

13. Jim Barton on September 10th, 2008 7:34 pm #
    

    Eric, comment 6 was a Godsend– too easy! Worked great! I am a 25 year Dos/windows guy, and I find I am stopped by many Mac things because they require only 1 easy step, and I don’t know what it is. I owe you…
    Jim