Insufficient permission to access file

I receive an error while powering on a VM:

Unable to open file "D:\Virtual Machines\Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6\Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.vmdk":

Insufficient permission to access file.

My system: Windows 7 32-bit with VMware Player.......some days it works but I (edited) did services run manually? Now am getting above error. What can I do?

chinna

Posted 2013-09-05T02:21:35.773

Reputation: 11

http://www.fixya.com/support/t18925727-vmware_workstation_error_insufficient I found the solution on another web site .It will help you. – None – 2014-10-09T09:49:21.487

have u tried starting virtual machine with admin permissions? – BlueBerry - Vignesh4303 – 2013-09-05T06:17:24.150

Answers

Same error, I had taken over the PC from a past developer and tried local Admin logon, no help.

I first tried setting 'Full Control' security permissions in Properties for the project and file it was complaining about, no luck.

So I went up to the parent dir of all the VM's on the box, set 'Everyone' full control, and the VM opened right up.

Frank Kallam

Posted 2013-09-05T02:21:35.773

Reputation: 11

I encountered the same issue, and neither 'Full Control' security permissions, nor running as admin fixed it.

It turned out the "Read-only" attribute of the file was checked and I only needed to uncheck it to fix it.

This read-only attribute tends to be set automatically when you burn the file on an optical media or when using disk imaging tools like Win32Disk Imager

calagan

Posted 2013-09-05T02:21:35.773

Reputation: 1

-4

run virtual player as an Administrator

jrafecas

Posted 2013-09-05T02:21:35.773

Reputation: 1

3Though this could be a solution it is better to change access rights of the files. – pabouk – 2013-10-18T08:11:34.137