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Keep VMWare from auto-closing my virtual machine

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Mar 15, 202655025 views
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I have a VMWare VM running off of a external hard drive. Works great and I have no problems with the set up. What keeps annoying me is that after about 20 minutes of inactivity the VM automatically saves its state and closes. Is there a way to keep the VM from becoming inactive? I couldn't find any…

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Fix for: Keep VMWare from auto-closing my virtual machine

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It certainly has nothing to do with the drive itself. This is most likely caused by the power management settings inside the virtual machine: If your VM is set to suspend or hibernate after a certain idle period, it will trigger a VMware suspend. Ad…

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