Workstation Pro stores shared virtual machines in the shared virtual machines directory, where VMware Workstation Server manages them.

The default location of the shared virtual machines directory depends on the host operating system.

Table 1. Default Shared Virtual Machines Directory
Host Operating System Default Shared Virtual Machines Directory

Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 R2

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Shared Virtual Machines

Windows 7

Windows 8

Windows 10

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Shared Virtual Machines
Linux /var/lib/vmware/Shared VMs