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mkarg
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ovftool crashes on Windows when converting VMX to OVA

When I am trying to convert a local VM created by VMware Workstation 15.5 to OVA, the ovftool is crashing:

22.097+01:00 verbose OVFTool[10744] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Opening disk target Development_2014-disk1.vmdk
2020-11-24T18:45:22.113+01:00 info OVFTool[10744] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] CoreDump: Writing minidump
2020-11-24T18:45:22.222+01:00 panic OVFTool[10744] [Originator@6876 sub=Default]
-->
--> Panic: Win32 exception: Access Violation (0xc0000005)
--> Read (0) at address 00000000
--> rip: 00db2883 rsp: 0749f7e4 rbp: 0749f884
--> rax: 00000001 rbx: 00000000 rcx: 07f9a0f8
--> rdx: 00000000 rdi: 08037ad0 rsi: 08037b10
-->
--> Backtrace:
--> [backtrace begin] product: VMware Workstation, version: e.x.p, build: build-16092006, tag: OVFTool, cpu: x86, os: windows, buildType: release
--> backtrace[00] vmacore.dll[0x001F7B62]
--> backtrace[01] vmacore.dll[0x0005FB80]
--> backtrace[02] vmacore.dll[0x0005A3F4]
--> backtrace[03] vmacore.dll[0x001D07A0]
--> backtrace[04] vmacore.dll[0x001D08EC]
--> backtrace[05] vmacore.dll[0x001D7DAD]
--> backtrace[06] VCRUNTIME140.dll[0x0000DF37]
--> backtrace[07] VCRUNTIME140.dll[0x000066F4]
--> backtrace[08] VCRUNTIME140.dll[0x0000661D]
--> backtrace[09] VCRUNTIME140.dll[0x00006951]
--> backtrace[10] VCRUNTIME140.dll[0x0000E166]
--> backtrace[11] ntdll.dll[0x000871E2]
--> backtrace[12] ntdll.dll[0x000871B4]
--> backtrace[13] ntdll.dll[0x00073B36]
--> backtrace[14] ovftool.exe[0x00121EC8]
--> backtrace[15] ovftool.exe[0x00051A76]
--> backtrace[16] ovftool.exe[0x000516D2]
--> backtrace[17] ovftool.exe[0x000504CF]
--> backtrace[18] ovftool.exe[0x00052D93]
--> backtrace[19] ovftool.exe[0x00052DBD]
--> backtrace[20] vmacore.dll[0x001879DF]
--> backtrace[21] vmacore.dll[0x001CCF0E]
--> backtrace[22] ucrtbase.dll[0x00044F8F]
--> backtrace[23] KERNEL32.DLL[0x0001FA29]
--> backtrace[24] ntdll.dll[0x000675F4]
--> backtrace[25] ntdll.dll[0x000675C4]
--> [backtrace end]

(full log attached)

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a_p_
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Only a guess, but can you try to run ovftool with elevated privileges (Run as Administrator) to see whether this helps?

André

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