I just spent days to figuring a workaround to this issue.
Here is what I did:
If you have another version already installed you must uninstall it like this:
- Go to C:\Windows\Installer
- Add the "Authors" column and sort by it
- One of the .msi files with have a "VMware" author
- Double-click it and follow through with the uninstall steps
Then to install the new version you must extract the installer:
- Run cmd.exe as administrator with any method... (e.g. type cmd into the search box at the bottom of the start menu and when it shows up right-click on it and select: Run as administrator)
- Type in "cd the-directory-where-the-install-file-is" then hit enter (e.g. c:\users\bob\downloads\)
- Type "the-name-of-the-install-file.exe /e tempfolder"
- Give it a few minutes or so to finish..
- Go to that new folder (e.g. c:\users\bob\downloads\tempfolder\) and find the .msi file (for VMware Workstation it's named "vmware workstation.msi"), and run it
This worked for me. Good luck.
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