Hey,
I'm currently facing the same problem with VMware Workstation. I have these lines in my log files.
2014-11-20T09:57:33.494+01:00| vmui| I120: HostDeviceInfoGetDiskInfo: CreateFile \\.\PhysicalDrive0 failed: Unknown error 5 (0x5)
2014-11-20T09:57:33.494+01:00| vmui| I120: HostDeviceInfoGetDiskInfo: CreateFile \\.\PhysicalDrive1 failed: Unknown error 5 (0x5)
However, I do see the vmware process running (vmware.exe), but the GUI isn't launched.
Could someone help ?
Thanks