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Ted365
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VMRUN getting ERROR: Unknown error for no good reason on guest command Mojave

I am pulling my hair out, a few weeks ago I was working with a vm just using vmrun to copy files and run programs on the guest and it was working fine. Now every time i try to run anything on the guest

'/Applications/VMWare Fusion.app/Contents/Public/vmrun' -gu 'expsslallow\qauser1' -gp Lint1234 copyFileFromHostToGuest '/Volumes/Promise Pegasus/Virtual Machines/Windows 10 x64 4.vmwarevm/Windows 10 x64 4.vmx' wssa.msi 'c:\wssa_tmp\wssa.msi'

Teds-Mac-Pro:WSS_Agent_Win_Install_Automation ted$ vmrun start '/Volumes/Promise Pegasus/Virtual Machines/Windows 10 x64 4.vmwarevm/Windows 10 x64 4.vmx' gui

Teds-Mac-Pro:WSS_Agent_Win_Install_Automation ted$ vmrun -gu 'qauser1' -gp password listProcessesInGuest '/Volumes/Promise Pegasus/Virtual Machines/Windows 10 x64 4.vmwarevm/Windows 10 x64 4.vmx'

Error: Unknown error

Teds-Mac-Pro:WSS_Agent_Win_Install_Automation ted$ vmrun -gu 'qauser1' -gp password listProcessesInGuest '/Volumes/Promise Pegasus/Virtual Machines/Windows 10 x64 4.vmwarevm/Windows 10 x64 4.vmx'

Error: Unknown error

Teds-Mac-Pro:WSS_Agent_Win_Install_Automation ted$ vmrun -gu 'EXPSSLALLOW\qauser1' -gp 'Lint1234' runPrograminGuest '/Volumes/Promise Pegasus/Virtual Machines/Windows 10 x64 4.vmwarevm/Windows 10 x64 4.vmx' "C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe"

Error: Unknown error

Commands like stop, start, reset, Restore snapshot all work fine

but all the sudden any guest commands like listProcessesInGuest, or copyFileFromHostToGuest, or runProgramInGuest all get the same stupid Error: Uknown error which is totally worthless information.

I have left this vm alone for a few weeks and have come back to it now none of the guest commands will work. What the heck?

Other VM's are working just fine.

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JessieZhang
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Ted365​,

Could you please check if VMware Tools is installed and running in your virtual machine and provide the vmware.log in '/Volumes/Promise Pegasus/Virtual Machines/Windows 10 x64 4.vmwarevm'?

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