[Solution] VMWare Player problems

1. When you start a virtual machine, it stops immediately without any error message.

Solution: Look at vmware.log file that is created in the same directory where your .VMX file is.

2. vmware.log file contains the following error message:

VMware Player and Hyper-V are not compatible.
Remove the Hyper-V role from the system before running VMware Player.

Solution: Disable Hyper-V. Execute the following command from Administrator command prompt and then reboot:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype off

Tip: to enable Hyper-V back, execute the following command from Administrator command prompt and then reboot:

bcdedit /set hypervisorlaunchtype auto

3. When you start a virtual machine, it shows the following message box:

Error while powering on: VMware Player cannot connect to the virtual machine.
Make sure you have rights to run the program, access all directories the program uses,
and access all directories for temporary files.
The VMware Authorization Service is not running.

Solution: Start VMware Authorization Service:

• Press Win + X
  
• Select Computer Management
  
• On the left pane, expand Services and Applications
  
• Select Services
  
• On the right pane, select VMware Authorization Service
  
• Right-click and select Start command