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1. Questions
Open the previously configured virtual machine and find that the version is incompatible and report an error:
The virtual machine is using a hardware version that is not supported by this version of VMware Workstation.
Module 'Upgrade' failed to start.
Failed to start virtual machine.
2. Solutions
Open the location of the directory:
Open the .vmx file with an editor:
For VMware16.x version:
Change virtualHW.version = "19" in the .vmx file of the virtual machine to virtualhw.version = "16"
Similarly, for VMware15.x version:
change virtualHW.version = "19" in the .vmx file of the virtual machine to virtualhw.version = "15"
3. Open successfully
