Guide | How To VMware - How to Fix "Not enough physical memory is available to power on this virtual machine"

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JM Safe

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Hi all, I want to show you how you can fix this problem in VMware, which it is a very important problem, because obviously you can't open virtual machines with it.

FIRST METHOD: If you are using Vmware Workstation or VMware Player on Windows 8.1, and have just updated the OS, specifically this update KB2995388 you may receive the error.

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So you can remove this update from the manager of updates of Windows.

SECOND METHOD:

Run the program as administrator.

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THIRD AND MOST USED METHOD:


Open the config.ini file located at C:\\Program Files(x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation.

Add this code to the file:

Code:
vmmon.disableHostParameters = "TRUE"

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Then copy this file here: C:\\Users\Jo Man\AppData\Roaming\VMware (replace Jo Man with your username).
Finally, restart your computer, and open VMware Player/VMware Workstation and enjoy!!
 
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