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1. Re: Workstation 11 - install error 29141
RDPetruska Mar 5, 2015 7:09 AM (in response to rasmuso)Did you verify the MD5 checksums of the downloaded installation files?
Are you running the setup as administrator? (right-click and select "Run as administrator")
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2. Re: Workstation 11 - install error 29141
rasmuso Mar 5, 2015 9:43 AM (in response to RDPetruska)MD5 checksum is ok. I am running the setup as administrator.
I have also tried to reinstall the prerequisites (C++ redistributable)
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3. Re: Workstation 11 - install error 29141
Wake90 Mar 8, 2015 5:23 AM (in response to rasmuso)I've having the identical problem it seems on my Windows 7. I've followed the steps of checksum and running as admin also.
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4. Re: Workstation 11 - install error 29141
vuser24 Mar 8, 2015 3:03 PM (in response to rasmuso)I'm assuming you've installed all updates on your system? I googled around for your particular problem and there is not many resources on said error, curious as to why it fails.. Can we see 8.1 error logs?
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5. Re: Workstation 11 - install error 29141
rasmuso Mar 9, 2015 2:15 AM (in response to vuser24)1 person found this helpfulI found a solution on the problem.
In my %temp% folder I located the log file vminst.log where I found these lines
vieInstUtil: 03/05/15 12:28:59 VMInstService::CreateManager::ServiceName: vstor2-mntapi20-shared
vieInstUtil: 03/05/15 12:28:59 VMInstService::CreateManager::ImagePath: SysWOW64\drivers\vstor2-mntapi20-shared.sys
vieInstUtil: 03/05/15 12:28:59 VMInstService::CreateManager::DisplayName: Vstor2 MntApi 2.0 Driver (shared)
vieInstUtil: 03/05/15 12:28:59 VMInstService::CreateManager::StartType: 2
vieInstUtil: 03/05/15 12:28:59 VMInstService::CreateManager::ServiceName: vstor2-mntapi20-shared Type: 1 Start: 2
vieInstUtil: 03/05/15 12:28:59 VMInstService::CreateManager::ERROR_DUPLICATE_SERVICE_NAME The display name already exists in the service control manager database either as a service name or as another display name Error: 1078
I fired up PowerShell to list my services, but did not find any services with same service name or display name.
Then I looked in the registry under services, where I did found HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vstor2-mntapi10-shared
Containing a string with the display name “Vstor2 MntApi 2.0 Driver (shared)”
I deleted the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\vstor2-mntapi10-shared and rebooted my computer. Now VMware Workstation installed without errors.
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6. Re: Workstation 11 - install error 29141
vuser24 Mar 9, 2015 3:03 AM (in response to rasmuso)Excellent, glad you got it sorted, log files are a godsend.
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7. Re: Workstation 11 - install error 29141
thatsmypawn Jul 2, 2015 2:22 AM (in response to vuser24)I ran into the same thing just now. In my case, vstor2-mntapi10-shared was left as a turd in the registry after uninstalling VMware Player.
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8. Re: Workstation 11 - install error 29141
NoobBFershur May 18, 2017 11:38 PM (in response to rasmuso)Same problem here, your solution also worked for me.TYVM
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9. Re: Workstation 11 - install error 29141
cdburgess75 Jun 4, 2017 11:48 AM (in response to rasmuso)same:
I ran into the same thing just now. In my case, vstor2-mntapi10-shared was left as a turd in the registry after uninstalling VMware Player.