topic Re: Upgrade to Workstation 17 Pro breaks all my VMs in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions

Upgrade to Workstation 17 Pro breaks all my VMs

Stephen88_ — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 10:56:17 GMT

Hello guys,

after upgrade Workstation 17 Pro from 16.2, I can't start any already existing VMs, I can only start turning off graphics hw acceleration.

No way to downgrade to WPro16.2 or below, only with off graphics can run again.

Here a screenshot of the error.

Re: Upgrade to Workstation 17 Pro breaks all my VMs

Stephen88_ — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 13:00:46 GMT

partially solved adding this on .vmx file

Windows guest:
mks.enableDX12Renderer = "FALSE"
mks.enableDX11Renderer = "TRUE"

Linux guest:
mks.enableDX12Renderer = "FALSE"
mks.enableDX11Renderer = "FALSE"
mks.enableGLRenderer = "TRUE"

But is not a real solution, hope VMWare can release a fix

Re: Upgrade to Workstation 17 Pro breaks all my VMs

Technogeezer — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 15:33:07 GMT

What graphics card do you have in your PC?

You may also want to check out this thread to see if the discussion applies https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-Workstation-Player/VMware-workstation-17-player-no-3D-support-from-host/td-p/2939438

Re: Upgrade to Workstation 17 Pro breaks all my VMs

Stephen88_ — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 17:40:24 GMT

Yes, infact I have use this solution, but on linux I notice slow performance with GL graphics.

I use vmware workstation on this pc since version 10 without problems, also infact before buy and upgrade to version 17, v16.2 works perfectly without any type of modding.

My cpu is a i7-4500u with intel HD 4400 gfx