Workstation User’s Manual
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3TostarttheACEinstancewithoutenteringkioskmode,dooneofthefollowing:
OnWindows,enterthefollowingcommand:
<path>\vmplayer.exe -K "<config-file>"
NoticethecapitalK.Inthiscommand,<path>isthepathonyoursystemto
theVMwarePlayerapplicationfileand<config-file>isthepathtothe
virtualmachineconfiguration(.vmx)file.
OnLinux,enteroneofthefollowingcommands:
vmplayer -K "<config-file>"
vmplayer --forceNoKiosk "<config-file>"
Inthesecommands,<config-file>isthepathtothevirtualmachine
configuration(.vmx)file.
4Ifyouuseacommandtostarttheinstancewithoutenteringkioskmode,enterthe
administratorpasswordwhenprompted.
Thisproceduredescribestypingthecommandatthecommandline,butyoucanalso
usetheco
mmandtocreateabatchfileoradesktopshortcut.See“UsingStartup
OptionsinaWindowsShortcut”onpage 487.
Use Multiple Virtual Machines in Kiosk Mode
YoucanstartmultipleACEinstancesthatareconfiguredtoruninkioskmode.Youcan
thenswitchbetweenvirtualmachinesbyusingakeyboardshortcut.
Beforeyoubegin,createandpackagemultipleACEinstancesthatusethesame
administratorpasswordforkioskmodeandthesamehot‐keycombinationforexiting
ki
oskmode.Se
e“SettingKioskModePolicies”onpage 420.
Whenmultiplevirtualmachinesruninkioskmode,enduserscanpressthehot‐key
combinationalongwiththerightarroworleftarrowkeytoswitchtothenextor
previousvirtualmachine.Forexample,ifthehot‐keycombinationisCt
rl+Alt,userscan
pressCtrl+Alt+rightarrowtoswitchtothenextvirtualmachineorCtrl+Alt+leftarrow
toswitchtothepreviousvirtualmachine.
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