How to repair vmx file corrupted at VMWare? [closed]

Question

When I started the virtual machine under VMware I received a message saying that the vmx file is corrupt. How to solve this problem?

Answer 1

Simple and fast way to fix a corrupted vmx file.

We need to use vmware-vdiskmanager.exe for that purpose. It is installed together with vmware.exe in professional version. The Insalator is available at: VMware Workstation Pro. We can use a 30 day trial.

Once VMware Workstation Professional is installed.

Execute step by step:

1. Open the command line (cmd.exe) as administrator
2. Navigate to the local installation of your VMware (mine is the default C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation)
3. Type the following command >> vmware-vdiskmanager.exe –R “the fully qualified path to your corrupt vmdk”
4. Hit Enter
5. Run VMware.exe
6. Navigate to File > New Virtual Machine

Check Custom (advanced) option

Select appropriate hardware compatibility

Click button next

Click button next

Point locations and enter virtual machin name the same as was corrupted file vmx.

Click the button NEXT all the time (we can set parameters of the machine). When we arrive at the wizard to the below picture, we need to set disk as use an existing virtal disk.

Click button next, select an existing corrupted disk and in the next step click button Finish. Now we can run our virtual machine.