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Install VMWare Player
VMware Workstation Player is the free software than runs the virtual machine (VM). You don't need the paid VMware workstation Workstation software to run Linux VM.
Configure memory, processors
run LinuxVM. You will need to enter an email address the first time you run the newly-installed software.
Configure memory, processors
Open VMware Player, select "Open a virtual machine," and select the file in LinuxVM. After a few seconds (up to 30 if it's on a hard drive), you will see settings. Go to "Edit virtual machine settings". Set the memory to be something less than your physical computer's memory. For example, if your computer has 32GB of RAM, set the memory to 20-25GB.
Set the processors to the maximum available on your computer (up to 16).
Choose and set a "LinuxShare" folder
Select a folder swapping between Windows and Linux; this should have a lot of space (at least 1TB, preferably more). Most of what is stored here can be re-calculated, so the backup is not as critical as for raw study data.
Upder the Options tab, select shared folders, and select the "LinuxShare". Choose Properties to set the path to a suitable location; you can choose any path, such as Q:\OddPathName. Whatever the path, the LinuxVM will always see it as "LinuxShare".
Configure FSL and FreeSurfer subject folders
Set up network connection between CSPM and LinuxVM
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Initialize trusted connection with Windows
Test CSPM connection
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