Or, if you want to tweak the hardware allocated to the virtual machine, feel free to change the settings before you launch it.ĭepending on your computer hardware, you should allocate more memory and at least half of your processor cores to get a smooth performance. You can choose to launch the virtual machine with the default settings. And, it should appear right in your VMware player. And navigate through it till you find a file with the “. Open VMware Workstation Player and then click on “ Open a Virtual Machine.” Now, look for the folder you extracted.