64-bit virtual machine is not supported on 64-bit system

[droidaniel]

I do not know why but VMWare Workstation Player 15 is not supporting 64-bit virtual machines on a host machine with 64-bit Windows system. It installs into Program Files (x86) by default (I've already tried to switch to 64-bit Program Files, it installs but gives the same error). Other emulators work normally. As shown the photo is a core i3. And the installation file was downloaded from the official vmware website in 64-bit version. I believe that through a regedit file it might be possible to resolve.

[a_p_]

Welcome to the Community,

... it installs but gives the same error

Which error? Please provide details.

Which (exact) processor do you have in your system? Depending on the error message it's either an issue with an unsupported CPU, or maybe just a BIOS setting issue.

See also "System Requirements" at VMware Workstation 15 Pro Release Notes

André

[droidaniel]

The error of installing in program (x86) files only, My processor is an Intel Core i3, 6006U.And bios is even empowering virtualization.

[a_p_]

VMware Workstation consists of 32-bit and 64-bit parts. The management/GUI is a 32-bit application, whereas the VMs run in a 64-bit environment.

ANdré

[peterjg]

I'm having a similar error message. I'm trying to install NixOS from  nixos-graphical-19.03.173251.56d94c8c69f-x86_64-linux.iso

Even if the OS is not supported, the error message appears to be incorrect.

Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1245 v3 @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

System Model HP Z230 Tower Workstation

BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard L51 v01.61, 4/07/2018

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro

Version 10.0.18362 Build 18362

It's in UEFI mode

The windows 10 version is very new.

Cheers,

--Peter G

[a_p_]

Can you confirm that the required BIOS settings are configured properly (e.g. VT-x = enabled), and that Hyper-V is disabled (run bcdedit to see the settings)?

André