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I'm running VMware Server 2 and have created Virtual Machine Shortcuts for our various VMs. How do I save the VM login/password so I don't need to enter it each time I launch the shortcut?

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You can add "-u username" and "-p password" to the command-line shortcut to pass a username and password to the program.

Be sure not to use to -M option to reference the VM ID as this breaks the username/password feature. Use the datastore path to the VMX instead

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Hmm, didn't work. I still get the "Authenticate" window with an empty Username and Pasword field. – arathorn Jul 21 '09 at 19:31
Okay, looks like you have to add the -u and -p options immediately after the -h option. – arathorn Jul 21 '09 at 19:36
BUT, it's now reporting "Login failed due to a bad username or password". I'm sure they are correct, though -- I use the same values in the login window. – arathorn Jul 21 '09 at 19:38
I've tried putting the values in quotes, and also prefixing my username with DOMAIN\ (it is my domain login). No luck still. – arathorn Jul 21 '09 at 19:40
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Okay, got it, thanks to this thread: communities.vmware.com/thread/… In addition to putting the -u and -p options immediately after the -h option, I had to remove the [-M <id>] option from the shortcut, and put the datastore path to the vmx file, like this: "[datastore] VMDir/VMFile.vmx" – arathorn Jul 21 '09 at 20:06
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Right click on the Shortcut and select properties. change the properties so that it looks like below:

"D:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\VMware Remote Console Plug-in\vmware-vmrc.exe" -h vmhost:8333 -u -p "[Vmware-01] VS2005-XP/VS2005-XP.vmx"

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