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j4m32
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Cannot install VMware tools on Vista x64 SP2

I am trying to install VMware tools on my Vista x64 SP2 Guest but I have been having some issues. Firstly, it turns out that the tools included with fusion 11.5.5 do not support vista anymore. I then proceded to download 11.0.6 and that worked, however whenever I try to install it it errors out and says it failed to start vgauthservice. I looked up this issue and the only stuff I could find suggested that I instal visual c++ 2008 x86 and x64. I restarted after installing both and that did not fix it. I then tried using /c on the setup program to clear out everything, restarted and that did not fix it either. I then went to download 10.3.5 and same issue. My Vista guest has the latest updates installed.

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scott28tt
VMware Employee
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11.0.6 is supported on Vista SP2: VMware Tools 11.0.6 Release Notes

So you shouldn’t need to revert to an older version.


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j4m32
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I also tried 10.3.5

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ColoradoMarmot
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Champion

How was the guest created originally?

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wila
Immortal
Immortal

Hi,

Smells like this issue:

Fusion 11 VMware tools update fails

Perhaps you can also try a repair install.

See also: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2144610

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GBAGuy007
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It's been a while since this was posted so sorry if I'm bumping, but I had the same issue and fixed it by deleting the floppy disk.

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