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Hi there,

I just updated to the latest pro 14, the UI is cool However is it a marked problem -when open the old VMs created by workstation pro 12, it goes a black screen stuck, wondering what to do now.

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OK..

It's not completely black screen- 20mins later, I found that the guest OS was actually booted:

see the thumbnail view but somehow the guest main screen is idling...

Could you enter fullscreen mode, and can fitguest operation work?

Even it works hardly could I know...due to the completely black screen...

And I found it's not only for the old, but also for the newly created vms. I guess the thing is this is the version shouldn't have upgraded for now, cause the system requirements somehow don't meet.

Sorry 14, I have to downgrade to 12

Hi, AriesScorpio:

Would you please reproduce the issue and upload the vmware-ui.log and vmware.log? The vmware-ui.log locates at %temp%vmware-$user/vmware-ui-xxxxx.log, and the vmware.log should locates in the same folder of your VM related files. Thanks very much

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Hello everyone,

Currently we cannot reproduce the issue internally. Can you please provide more information about how you use VMware Workstation?

- Are you running Workstation with non-admin user? Does "launch as administrator" help?

- Does closing VM tab and reopening again help?