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Select whether Workstation Player suspends or powers off a virtual machine when you close it.
Option
Description
Suspend the virtual machine
Workstation Player suspends the virtual machine. The next time you start
Workstation Player, the virtual machine resumes operation from the point where it
was suspended.
Power off the virtual machine
Workstation Player powers off the virtual machine. The next time you start
Workstation Player, the virtual machine starts from a powered-off state and the
guest operating system starts.
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Click
OK
to save your changes.
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Changing the Virtual Machine
Display
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You can change the way Workstation Player displays virtual machines and virtual machine applications.
You can use full screen mode to make the virtual machine display fill the screen and use multiple
monitors.
You can also use Unity mode to display applications directly on the host system desktop.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Configure Display Settings for a Virtual Machine
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Use Full Screen Mode in Workstation Player
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Use Unity Mode
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Use Multiple Monitors for One Virtual Machine in Workstation Player
Configure
Display Settings for a Virtual Machine
You can specify monitor resolution settings, configure multiple monitors, and select accelerated graphics
capabilities for a virtual machine. You can use the multiple-monitor feature when the virtual machine is in
full screen mode.
For Windows guests, to use DirectX 9 accelerated graphics, the guest operating system must be
Windows XP or later. To use DirectX 10 accelerated graphics, the guest operating system must be
Windows Vista or later.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the latest version of VMware Tools is installed in the guest operating system.
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Verify that the guest operating system in the virtual machine is Windows XP or higher, or Linux.
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If you plan to use DirectX 9 or DirectX 10 accelerated graphics, prepare the host system. See
Prepare the Host System to Use 3D Accelerated Graphics
.
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If you are using Windows 8.1 (Update 2) or Windows 10, Workstation Player detects the DPI on each
monitor and scales the virtual machine to match the DPI on the host.
Procedure
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Select the virtual machine and select
Player > Manage > Virtual Machine Settings
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On the
Hardware
tab, select
Display
.
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(Optional) To run applications that use DirectX 9 or DirectX 10 accelerated graphics, select
Accelerate 3D graphics
.
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Specify whether host settings determine the number of monitors.
Option
Description
Use host setting for monitors
When you select this setting, the SVGA driver uses two monitors, a maximum
bounding box width of 3840, and a maximum bounding box height of 1920. The
virtual machine is configured to have a minimum of two 1920x1200 monitors, in a
side-by-side topology, in both normal and rotated orientations. If the host system
has more than two monitors, the virtual machine uses the number of monitors on
the host system instead. If the host system's bounding box is wider or taller than
the defaults, the virtual machine uses the larger size. You should select this
