How to make screenshots using VMWare tool "vmrun"?

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Published on 2010-02-12T22:13:02Z Indexed on 2010/04/17 15:53 UTC
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Hi everybody!

I'm currently working with the vmrun-Tool, to control VMWare Virtual Machines. I'm using VMWareWorkstation 7.0.0/7.0.1 and VMWarePlayer 3.0.0 on Windows 7 x64.

I simply want to take a screenshot of each virtual machine which is powered on.

Listing the power-on virtual machines is quite simply and works! (vmrun list)

But the captureScreen command doesn't work. I have tryed serveral commandline options.

for example: vmrun -T ws captureScreen %VMPATH% %OUTPUTPATH% I get no error message, but the console is blocked (and the command never finishes).

I have also tryed to include -gu USERNAME and -gp PASSWORD, but it result in the same problem.

Sorry for my English and thanks for your help in advance!!!

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