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jfischl
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Upgraded to VMWare Fusion Pro 12.0 -> Causing Windows 10 to crash in TradeStation 10

Yesterday (regrettably), I upgraded to VMWare Fusion Pro 12.0. The upgrade went pretty smoothly until I tried firing up TradeStation 10 - my trading app. It causes my Windows 10 to crash / BSOD. See attached screenshot. It happens every time and seems to have something to do with the VMware Tools - display driver. I did uninstall VMWare Tools and reinstall it but this made no difference. Has anybody else experienced anything like this? 

Stop code: PFN SHARE COUNT.

What failed: vm3dmp.sys

If I can't get this to work, how difficult is it to go back to Fusion 11.5?

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jerryfrit

> I am seeing precisely this, when I attempt to run any of my own projects, which are built with Xojo.  The screen shot indicating "what failed" is identical.

Thanks for the data point on xojo.  We were able to reproduce this when launching xojo.  There is a workaround if you're willing to try.  This worked for xojo and hopefully TradeStation 10 and others as well.  Do let us know if it doesn't and I'll follow up.

The workaround is:

Power off the VM and add

to your .vmx file, then power it back on.

This will disable GDI HW acceleration only and have no larger effect.

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jfischl
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OK, I reverted back to Fusion 11.x and the problem went away. My advice is stay as far away as possible from 12.0.

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jerryfrit
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I am seeing precisely this, when I attempt to run any of my own projects, which are built with Xojo.  The screen shot indicating "what failed" is identical.

My workaround was to restore an older VM from backup, and this time decline to "upgrade" the VM on launch.  I did not downgrade Fusion itself.

To this point I've only noted it with the Windows VM, with no issues on Linux and legacy macOS.

This is on 10.15.6 Catalina, with the supplemental update.

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Update:  It appears that I've narrowed it down to when my apps are making a network connection.  Unfortunately, that's what my apps do.  At least, it doesn't appear to be Xojo per se.

In any case, that might present a common denominator with whatever is going on with TradeStation 10, per the OP.  Again, the crash message I get in the BSOD is identical.

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Mikero
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How would one test this software?

Seems I need a day-trading account to download it?

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Michael Roy - Product Marketing Engineer: VCF
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jfischl
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yes, unfortunately, you do need an active, funded account to download the client. this isn't pressing for me as I downgraded back to 11.x and everything is working again. I'm going to let sleeping dogs lie.

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jerryfrit

> I am seeing precisely this, when I attempt to run any of my own projects, which are built with Xojo.  The screen shot indicating "what failed" is identical.

Thanks for the data point on xojo.  We were able to reproduce this when launching xojo.  There is a workaround if you're willing to try.  This worked for xojo and hopefully TradeStation 10 and others as well.  Do let us know if it doesn't and I'll follow up.

The workaround is:

Power off the VM and add

to your .vmx file, then power it back on.

This will disable GDI HW acceleration only and have no larger effect.

jerryfrit
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The workaround is:

Power off the VM and add

to your .vmx file, then power it back on.

Thank you, this worked. 🙂

Strangely, in troubleshooting this before the workaround, I had had no problem with a Xojo-made "Hello World" app, so I don't know where the breaking point was.

Like you, I hope this takes care of the OP with Tradestation 10.

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xIanW555x
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I also had the same problem, I fixed this by setting my machine hardware level to 17 under compatibility options.

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mncg
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Thanks very much for this workaround!

Without it, this is still happening to me with Fusion Pro 12.1 with a Windows 10 guest when running Altova DiffDog Enterprise 2021 (https://www.altova.com/diffdog). When you compare two directories of XML files, double-clicking on one of the files that has differences causes this same crash.

It would be great to have this app working without having to disable GDI hardware acceleration. The app works fine with Windows 10 running on Fusion Pro 11.5.6.

Hyungdon
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Hi... I met same problem.

However I don't know how to add to .vmx file.

I am using Mac and OS is Big Sur. Please help me.

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DanHeath808
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Anyone else looking for this solution its super easy. 

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1014782

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Witwood
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I recently upgraded to Mac OS Big Sur and VMware Fusion 12.  I am now getting this same error message as above when I try to open a windows based program.  Does it matter what program it is to use the suggested fix.

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DanHeath808
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just follow the instructions in my post above yours .... 

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wwwjames
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Is there a support ticket I can track so I can know when to remove the .vmx workaround when fixed ?

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umami
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I'm getting an identical failure when running Solidworks. Tried the workaround, and it does not fix the problem.

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Dashers
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I'm seeing the same issue with XMLSpy 2020 on VMWare Workstation 16 after upgrading my VM compatibility level to the latest version.  Although dropping the hardware level back down to ESX 7, but reverting fully to Workstation 15 compatibility did the job.

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mhoeffner
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This also happens when launching Araxis Merge 2020.5406 on Windows 10 Pro 20H2 in Fusion Player 12.1. The suggest .vmx edit worked.

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