How to fix VMware No Disk Error at Launch

While converting a VMware virtual machine to Microsoft Hyper-V, I got a very annoying message when starting VMware Workstation. Here’s how to fix the problem.

Issue:

You are getting an annoying popup that VMware can’t find some non-existent disk and you have to click “Continue” until it goes away every time you launch VMware Workstation.

Solution

1. Edit the ‘favorites.vmls’ in your roaming directory:

   C:\Users\[your_user_name]\AppData\Roaming\VMware\

2. Find the bad entry and delete all of the references to the missing image, then save it.The file contents look like this:

   vmlist1.config = "D:\vm\W7\Windows 7 Professional.vmx"
   vmlist1.DisplayName = " Windows 7 Professional "
   vmlist1.ParentID = "0"
   vmlist1.ItemID = "1"
   vmlist1.SeqID = "0"
   vmlist1.VmPath = "/vm/|75u5633deg3tt8f797r/"
   vmlist1.IsClone = "false"
   vmlist1.CfgVersion = "8"
   vmlist1.Dest = ""