Hack: Turn Off Debug Mode in VMWare Workstation 6 Beta
VMWare Workstation is great. The version 6 beta has even more awesome features… but it's slower than dirt, because debugging mode is turned on by default.
Thankfully there's a quick and easy trick to turn off debugging, which will increase the speed a lot.
Here's what we're going to do:
- Open an explorer window and browse down to the VMWare install folder. (C:\Program Files\Vmware\VMware Workstation)
- You'll see two folders, one named bin and another named bin-debug.
- Rename bin-debug to bin-debug-old.
- Make a copy of the bin folder, and name the copied folder bin-debug.
- Enjoy Workstation 6 without debugging.
Here's a screenshot of what the folder structure now should look like:
(Thanks to Daniel for the screenshot, and my friend Jeff for the tip)
The Geek is the founder of How-To Geek and a geek enthusiast. When he's not coming up with great how-to articles, he's probably writing at his personal blog. This article was written on 03/22/07 and tagged with: VMware


Great tip! Thanks guys.
I think this only works for people running Vista. I am running the beta version in XP and there isn't a BIN folder.