A solution for the ‘VMware Authorization Service is not running‘ alert message, which you might get while trying to Power On a virtual machine using VMware Workstation.
Assuming that your installation is not damaged and the problem is with the service being stopped. Attempt to restart it without the need to reboot your computer.
First, confirm that the service is included and ticked in the Services tab of msconfig
- Start –> Run (or Windows-r)
- type msconfig
- click the Services tab
- locate ‘VMware Authorization Service’
(P.S. you may hide all Microsoft services to reduce the list)
If you can find the service ticked, but its status is Stopped, then attempt to restart it with the following steps:
- Start –> Run (or Windows-r)
- type services.msc
- locate the ‘VMware Authorization Service’
- right-click and select Start
You should be able to Power On your VMware machines now!
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