Set 'QEMUDIR=%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Warez\qemu-2.8.0-win64' Copy the following to a file named createvm.bat and adjust the variables to suit your environment: off
I used the Minimal distribution of CentOS 7, the file is called CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1611.iso. Install in a folder where you have write permissions, like 'My Documents' or something.Īgain, help yourself. To 'install' this version as a non-admin, open a command prompt, issue the command set _COMPAT_LAYER=RunAsInvoker and run qemu-w64-setup-20170131.exe from that prompt. Use a precompiled binary found on QEMU links page. Networking and fancy graphics are hard to get right. Reboot the virtual machine, this time without the CD image.
Here is how I run a minimal version of CentOS 7 on a Windows 7 Enterprise, 64 bits, without being a member of the administrator group (non-admin).
