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The Toolbar
Instead of using physical buttons to turn a virtual machine on and off, you use buttons on the toolbar at the top of the VMware Workstation window.
Toolbar for Virtual Machine (Windows host)
The toolbar contains buttons for power operations, and also buttons to change display, window and view options:
Caution: When a team is active, clicking a button for power on/off, suspend/resume and reset will affect all the virtual machines on that team.
Power Off
This button turns off the active virtual machine or team like the power button on a hardware PC. Workstation power off behavior is configurable for a soft or hard power off, called Shut Down or Power Off, respectively. See
Shutting Down a Virtual Machine, or
Starting and Stopping Teams for a description of this feature.
Suspend
This button stops a virtual machine or team in a manner that allows you to resume your work later, as if you never left. You may be familiar with the concept of suspending your work on a laptop. See
Using Suspend and Resume for a description of this feature.
Power On/Resume
This button turns on the current virtual machine or team, or resumes a virtual machine or team that has been suspended.
Reset
This button warm boots a virtual machine or team, like the reset button on a hardware PC.
Snapshot
This button allows you to save the state of a virtual machine in the same manner you might save a word-processing document. You can come back later to that state if you make a mistake with the Revert button. See
Using Snapshots for a description of this feature.
Revert
This button allows you to return a virtual machine to the parent state, a state previously preserved by taking a snapshot. See
Using Snapshots for a description of this feature.
Full Screen
This button enlarges the virtual machine display to cover the entire host CRT or LCD monitor. The virtual machine no longer appears in a window. See
Using Full Screen Switch Mode for a description of this feature.
Note: Workstation menus and toolbar are not visible in Full Screen mode. Press Ctrl-Alt to restore the Workstation window.
Quick Switch
This button enlarges the Workstation console to cover the entire host CRT or LCD monitor. Console tabs are visible, allowing you to switch between your virtual machines and teams with a single click.
Note: Workstation menus and toolbar are not visible in Quick Switch mode. Move your cursor to the top of the screen to show the menu and toolbar momentarily.
Summary
Console