Workstation Pro stores standard virtual machines in the virtual machines directory.

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

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

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2

C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Virtual Machines

username is the name of the currently logged-in user.

Windows 7

Windows 8

Windows 10

C:\Users\ username \Documents\Virtual Machines

username is the name of the currently logged in user.

Linux homedir/vmware

homedir is the home directory of the currently logged in logged in user.