Rename vm (files) on vmware workstation

I use the import option to do this. This way I can keep a base VM on a share someplace called base-XP or whatever, then when I need a new test VM, I do an import and the disks are named according to the setting I specify when going through the import wizard.

"I have used this procedure on both Windows 10 and Ubuntu 21.04 hosts with an Ubuntu guest. These instructions begin by copying the VM, so as to preserve a backup. These instructions use VMware Player, not Workstation, but I believe the steps are largely the same.

Make sure VMware is not running.
Copy the VM's entire folder. To copy in Ubuntu, I ran sudo nautilus (replace nautilus with your own file manager) to open Files with administrator privileges.
When the copying was done, I named the new folder UbuWb.
Inside that folder, I renamed Ubuntu.vmx to be UbuWb.vmx, and deleted all .log, .vmsd, and .vmxf files.
I double-clicked on UbuWb.vmx. This opened VMware Player and produced a dialog that began, ""This virtual machine might have been moved or copied."" Since I was renaming it, I chose ""I Moved It.""
When the VM booted inside Player, I clicked on the VM's top bar > Ctrl-D (or I could have used top bar > Player > Manage > Virtual Machine Settings) > Options tab > General > Virtual machine name > rename as UbuWb > OK (in Windows host) or Save (in Linux host).
I closed down the VM and took a look in the file manager (e.g., Windows File Explorer). The Ubuntu.vmdk and Ubuntu.nvram files hadn't been renamed. I renamed them manually.
I restarted the VM (again, by double-clicking on UbuWb.vmx). In the Ubuntu host, that produced an error: ""File not found: Ubuntu.vmdk."" I clicked Browse > select UbuWb.vmdk > Open, and then restarted the VM.
There was a long minute of just sitting there with a black screen and a dead cursor, but then (in both hosts) the VM started.

I have blogged some additional remarks. My source of guidance was Rasor (2012)."