Checking for the VMNet bridge on the physical adapter it is not present. However if I try to add the protocol I get:

"Could not add the requested feature.The error is: The system cannot find the file specified."

This happens before I'm able to select any new protocols.

cci: NCI: Local Network Connection Properties asking for write lock.
cci: NCI: Local Network Connection Properties acquired write lock.
cci: NCI: (loading external data) Error 0x80070002 opening vmware_bridge instance key
flq: {SPFILENOTIFY_CABINETINFO}
flq: {SPFILENOTIFY_CABINETINFO - exit(0x00000000)}
flq: {SPFILENOTIFY_FILEEXTRACTED}
flq: {SPFILENOTIFY_FILEEXTRACTED - exit(0x00000000)}
cci: NCI: Write lock released.

cci: NCI: Local Network Connection Properties asking for write lock.
cci: NCI: Local Network Connection Properties acquired write lock.
cci: NCI: (loading external data) Error 0x80070002 opening vmware_bridge instance key

I have installed the VMware under a different folder, in my case under another partition.
all works well now

Asaf.Moalem

I need to be able to bridge the VMWare network adapter with the host network (same IP range, etc.) and I need to bridge the connections and not use NAT. But for some reason NAT is the only one that works. Anytime I try to switch to BRIDGE, the connection stops working.

It seems as if Bridge doesn't work under Vista Ultimate x64.

Another weird thing, is when I go into my Virtual Machine Settings, it shows that I have 5 network adapters, in my host machine I have 2 ethernet jacks, but in the VMWare it's showing I have 5 network adapters. Any ideas as to why? Do I need all those adapters? Can I delete/remove some of them? Why were 5 of them created?

Also they are ALL set for NAT (all 5 adapters). If I switch the top (first) Network Adapter to "Bridged" then my internet connection fails, and I'm unable to ping, or access the network. If I switch it back to bridged, then all is fine.

Any ideas as to how I can possibly bridge the adapter instead of using NAT? Also do I need to change all 5 adapters to bridge? or just the first one? Or should I leave them all as NAT? (except for the first one?)

I've never had this many problems trying to bridge a connection before. In the old VMWare Workstation 6.0 it used to work fine (but I don't recall having 5 network adapters show up either). I just converted this host machine using the VMWare converter, and it now shows 5 network adapters, and I've been unable to bridge the network connection. Any ideas?