VMWare player 16 crash on start

[_Guillaume]

Some time VMWare player crashes when starting a VM, to "fix" the problem I  restart my workstation.

Host Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnal, Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042

VMWare player : 16.2.2 build-19200509

Attached the dmp file.

Thanks for your help

[scott28tt]

Thread reported to moderators so it can be moved to the correct area.

[wila]

Hi,

For your information, the Community Forum is not an official support-forum and is not officially monitored by VMware Support or Product Managers.

This is a community based forum where VMware Fusion users help other users.

So most of the time -like now- you get an answer from a volunteer.

The files you attached are not that useful for peer users to tell what is going on. If I had to guess.. it's Hyper-V still being enabled. But we can only verify that (and other things) if you attach the vmware.log file. Which you can find in the VM's folder.

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Wil

[_Guillaume]

Hi,

Thanks for your help, attached the requested file.

Guillaume

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

What you may try is to set
vpmc.enable = "FALSE"
or simply delete this line in the VM's .vmx file, to see whether this helps.

André

[_Guillaume]

Thanks for your helps. Your setting change fix my problem.

Do you known the function of this parameter? I don't find clear definition (for me).

Guillaume

[a_p_]

Not really, I've never "played" with performance counters so far.

André

[wila]

Hi,

See also here:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/16.0/com.vmware.ws.using.doc/GUID-3140DF1F-A105-4E...

CPU performance counters are mostly interesting for software developers.

This is used when you need to troubleshoot performance problems in software you created. You can then use profiling software like VTune (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/documentation/get-started-with-vtune/top.html ) along with the debug files of your software so that you can find where you can potentially optimize your code.

As you don't know what it is for, you probably shouldn't have enabled it, nor does it impact you that it is now disabled.

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Wil