1. Power off the VM

  2. Go to Summary, right click and select“Browse Datastore”

  3. Click into “<VM name>” folder

  4. Highlight “<VM Name>”
    Click “Download a file from this datastore to your local machine”
    Browse to the destination folder and click OK
    Click Yes for any warning

  5. Browse to the destination folder andmake a copy of the .vmx file, name it “<VM Name>-copy.vmx”

  6. Click open “<VM Name>.vmx” withNotepad

  7. Scroll to the end of file and manually type the following

sound.present = "true"

sound.virtualDev =  "hdaudio"

sound.fileName = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "true"

sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"



8. Save the file and go back to theDatastore Browser. Click “Upload files to this datastore” > “Upload File…”
Browse and select the modified “<VM Name>.vmx”.
Click Yes for any warnings.